Convoy HG 1 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY HG 1 Departed Gibraltar on Sept. 26-1939 and arrived Liverpool on Oct. 6.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" agrees with 28 ships in this convoy.

* Mahratta, cargo of jute, pig iron and general, went aground at Fork Spit, Goodwin Sands on Oct. 6, broke in two and abandoned - total loss. ("The World's Merchant Fleets 1939, R.W.Jordan).

Misc. escorts throughout the voyage are named in HMS Colombo's report on Page 2

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

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