Site Map | Search Warsailors.com | Merchant Fleet Main Page | Warsailors.com Home |
|
|
CONVOY HG 41
A summary of the Commodore's narrative is available on Page 2 
|
Departed Gibraltar at 17:30 on Aug. 11-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 26th (25th?) (Arnold Hague agrees with 45 ships). |
|||||||||
| Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Sw=Swedish, Po=Polish, Du=Dutch |
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
|
11
Bruse pit props Blyth (Norw) |
21
Baron Cochrane iron ore Dagenham (Br) |
31
Empire Tern pyrites Glasgow (Br) |
41
Uskside pyrites Ardrossan (Br) |
51
Lyminge iron pyrites Garston (Br) |
61
Ariosto general Barrow (Br) |
71 Ardeola general Liverpool (Br) |
81 Estrellano general Liverpool (Br) |
91 Sellinge pit props Cardiff (Br) |
101 Stanhope pit props Port Talbot (Br) |
|
12
Vulcanus general London (Du) |
22
Liguria iron pyrites Hull (Sw) |
32
Belgia iron pyrites Ardrossan (Sw) |
42
Pacific iron ore Grangemouth (Br) |
52
Scania pyrites Runcorn (Sw) |
62
Roy pyrites Garston (Norw) |
72 Ask pyrites Garston (Norw) |
82 Lapwing iron pyrites Garston / Runcorn (Br) |
92 Ightham pit props Milford Haven/Swansea (Br) |
102 Procris general Bristol (Br) |
|
13
Neva iron pyrites Kings Lynn (Sw) |
23
Merkland pyrites Londonderry (Br) |
33 Wrotham pyrites Glasgow (Br) |
43 Gothland general Ardrossan/London (Br) |
53 City of Dublin lemons Liverpool (Br) |
63 Philotis wine Liverpool (Gr - 880 gt) |
73 Mangen iron ore Runcorn (Sw) |
83 Silvio general Liverpool (Br) |
93 Tejo pit props Newport (Norw) |
103 Cabenda pyrites Bristol (Br? 534 gt) |
| 14 Fenja* cork Kirkaldy (847 gt) |
24 Auk copper pyrites Londonderry (Br) |
34 Gwalia iron ore Glagow (Sw) |
44 Dagmar I cork - general Glasgow (Br) |
54 Caverock cork Ardrossan/Kirkaldy (Br) |
64 Paris pyrites Garston (Da) |
74 Att S pit props Manchester (Du - 466 gt) |
84 Fendris wine - general Bristol (Br) |
94 Jan Brons pit props Manchester/Port Talbot (Du - 400 gt) |
104 Loanda iron pyrites Bristol (Br? 534 gt) |
| 15 | 25 | 35 Spero general Ardrossan (Br) |
45 Norita iron ore Glasgow (Sw) |
55 Mansuria iron ore Barrow (Sw) |
65 Solstad chrome ore Manchester (Sw) |
75 | 85 Wilno soft wood Dublin (Po) |
95 | 105 |
| * Fenja may not have sailed, or returned to port - she also shows up in Convoy HG 42 on Aug. 19.
The Irish City of Waterford, with lemons and lead oxide for Liverpool, was also scheduled, but is crossed out. Auk collided with Wrotham - see Aug. 19 in narrative on Page 2. |
|||||||||
Notes: Commodore was in Ariosto, which had 12 passengers on board; 10 adult females and 2 little girls. Vice Commodore was in Baron Cochrane, Rear Commodore in Sellinge. Voyage information: Escorts: A summary of the Commodore's narrative is available on Page 2 Related external link: To the next available HG convoy in my list HG 42 |
| Site Map | Search Warsailors.com |Merchant Fleet Main Page | Warsailors.com Home |
