Convoy HG 19 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

Convoy HG 19 Cruising Order
Departed Gibraltar on Febr. 17-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 27th (Arnold Hague says 36 ships).

Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper, England (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Br=British, Gr=Greek, Pol=Polish, Sw=Swedish.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

11
City of Dundee
Liverpool
(Br)

21
Baron Minto
Glasgow
(Br)

31

British Diplomat

Rosyth
(Br)

41
Burma
Liverpool
(Br)

51
Bayano
Southampton
(Br)

61
Baron Belhaven
Hull
(Br)

71
City of Baroda
London
(Br)

81
Thala
Middlesbrough
(Br)

91
Benalder
London
(Br)

12
Cowrie
Liverpool
(Br)

22
Elizabeth Massey
Liverpool
(Br)

32
Egyptian Prince
Manchester
(Br)

42
British General
Liverpool
(Br)

52

Orangemoor

Falmouth
(Br)

62
Amicus
London
(Br)

72
Thornlea
London
(Br)

82
Brika
Dagenham
(Br)

92
Maron

Halizones
London
(Br)

13

Halizones

Maron
Liverpool
(Br)

23

British Resolution

Avonmouth
(Br)

33
Arletta
Avonmouth
(Br)

43
Ulea
Glasgow
(Br)

53
Mersington Court
Hull
(Br)

63
Nagpore
London
(Br)

73
Clan Monroe
London
(Br)

83
Bencleuch
London
(Br)

93
British Prestige
London
(Br)

14
Varna
Glasgow
(Br)

24
Balmore
Belfast
(Br)

34
Alva
Belfast
(Br)

44
Palestinian Prince
Manchester
(Br)

54
Marsa
Middlesbrough
(Br)

64
Algerian
London
(Br)

74
Sitala
Dunkirk
(Br)

84
British Renown
London
(Br)

94
Runa
Kings Lynn
(Br)

15
Dan-y-Bryn*
(Br)

25
Argo
Liverpool
(Gr)

35
Lida
Glasgow
(Pol)

45
Ossian
Glasgow
(Br)

55
Runo
London
(Br)

65
Courland
London
(Br)

75
Koster
Devonport
(Sw)

85
Southgate
West Indies?
(Br)

95

Bencleuch, Clan Monroe, British Resolution, and Nagpore are listed in Convoy HGF 20 (also, Runo).

* Dan-y-Bryn joined at dawn on Febr. 18 - left the following night.