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CONVOY HG 80
Departed Gibraltar on March 14-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 26th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" agrees with 14 ships.

Transcribed from a document received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.

See also Convoy OG 79.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
British Coast
British
scrap
Swansea
–
Glaisdale
"
iron ore - wolframite
Barrow
From HG 79
Blairesk
"
iron ore
Glasgow
From HG 79
Empire Darwin
"
iron ore
Belfast / Cardiff
DG repairs
Wallsend
"
iron ore
Barrow
From HG 79
City of Lancaster
"
general
Glasgow
–
Empire Snipe
"
general - wolframite
Avonmouth
From HG 79
Finland
"
sweet oranges
Liverpool
–
Gothland
"
Rescue Vessel
Clyde
See Notes
City of Oxford
"
general
Liverpool
–
Leadgate
"
general
Mersey
–
Empire Foam
"
ore
Mersey
–
Blairatholl
"
iron ore
Workington
–
Tintern Abbey
"
iron ore
Barrow
–
Fairwater
"
iron ore
Tyne
Listed in HG 81
Adjutant
"
oranges
Belfast f. o.
Listed in HG 81
Lago
Norwegian
iron ore - wolframite
Glasgow
–

Notes:
The Rescue Vessel Gothland was on her 1st voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on Febr. 24-1942 with Convoy OG 80, to Gibraltar March 8, returning with Convoy HG 80 March 14-March 26. ("Convoy Rescue Ships", Arnold Hague).

No further details are available on this convoy.

Related external links:
HG (& SL) Convoys - In chronological order.

For more info on the Empire Ships listed in this convoy, see
The Empire Ships

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