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CONVOY HG 81
Departed Gibraltar on Apr. 5-1942 and arrived Liverpool on the 15th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 17 ships in this convoy.

Transcribed from a document received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Ship
Nationality
Cargo
Destination
Remarks
Rudby
British
iron ore
Middlesbrough
–
Adjutant
"
oranges
Preston
From HG 80
Baron Vernon
"
iron ore
Middlesbrough
–
Fairwater
"
iron ore
Tyne
From HG 80
Shetland
"
general
Swansea
–
Merkland
"
oranges
Glasgow
–
Queen Victoria
"
oranges
Liverpool
–
Etrib
"
oranges
Liverpool
–
Batna
"
ore
Barrow
–
Imber
"
iron ore - general
Workington
–
Empire Gale
"
ore
(C.A.M.)
Garston
–
Narocz
Polish
general
Preston
Listed in HG 82
Portsea
British
general
Liverpool
–
Empire Tern
"
general
Glasgow
–
Lublin
Polish
scrap
Liverpool
–
Empire Kestrel
British
oranges
Bristol
–
Empire Dell
"
iron ore
(C.A.M.)
Mersey
–

Notes:
"Convoy Rescue Ships" by Arnold Hague also lists the Rescue Vessel Bury as being in this convoy. She was on her 3rd voyage as such, having started this voyage from Clyde on March 17-1942 with Convoy OG 81, to Gibraltar March 29, returning to Clyde with Convoy HG 81 Apr. 5-Apr. 15.

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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