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CONVOY HG 5
Departed Gibraltar on Oct. 29-1939, and arrived U.K. on Nov. 6.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 40 ships in this convoy.
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Received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Commodore's notes and A 1 form are not available to me and, therefore, station numbers and escorts are not known. |
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Ship
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Nationality
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Cargo
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Destination
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Remarks
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Menelaus
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British
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general
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London
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–
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Durenda
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Quebec City
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"
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cotton
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London
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–
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City of Canton
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"
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general
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London
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–
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City of Agra
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Mahronda
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"
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general
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London
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–
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British Corporal
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"
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tanker
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Grangemouth
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–
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Nirpura
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"
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general
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London
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–
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City of Dundee
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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British Chancellor
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"
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tanker
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Liverpool
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–
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British Mariner
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"
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tanker
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Grangemouth
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–
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Harmonides
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Clan Macnab
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Kobad
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French
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tanker
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Dunkirk
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–
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Tribesman
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British
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pig iron
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London
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–
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Armanistan *
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"
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dates
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New York
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–
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Amastra *
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"
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tanker
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Pauillac
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–
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Donax *
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"
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tanker
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Pauillac
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–
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Avoceta
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"
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grapes
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London
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–
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British Advocate
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"
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tanker
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Avonmouth
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–
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Baron Ogilvy
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"
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cotton seed
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Hull
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–
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Rudby
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"
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ballast
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New York?
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–
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Asphalion
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"
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copra - frozen eggs
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Liverpool
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–
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Guido
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"
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general
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Liverpool
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–
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Lisbon
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"
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dried fruit
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London
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–
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Clan Campbell
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Clytoneus
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"
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sugar
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London
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–
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Theseus
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"
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general
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London
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From HG 3
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City of Melbourne
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"
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tea - jute - pig iron
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London
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–
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Mardinian
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"
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cotton
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Manchester
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–
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Glenbeg
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"
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general
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London
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–
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Peterjo
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"
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tanker
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Le Havre
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–
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Champenois
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French
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general
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Brest
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–
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Dunkerque
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"
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wine
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Brest
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–
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"
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–
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–
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Not in convoy
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St. Nazaire
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"
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none given
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Nantes
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–
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Cap Varella
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"
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general
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Nantes
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–
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Linois
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"
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none given
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Le Havre
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–
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Baron Cochrane
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British
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bauxite
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Burntisland
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–
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"
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general
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London
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Sailed in next convoy
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Turkistan
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"
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grain - ore
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Avonmouth
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–
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British Viscount
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"
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tanker
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Devonport
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–
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Notes: * There's a notation for the ships denoted * saying: "may not be included". (For info, Armanistan, whose destination is given as New York in the above table, is listed as returning to the U.K. with Convoy HX 11, which left Halifax on Dec. 4-1939). Related external links: To the next HG convoy in my list HG 6 |
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