Convoy HG 24 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

Convoy HG 24 Cruising Order
Departed Gibraltar at 17:30 on March 28-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Apr. 7 (Arnold Hague says 41 ships).

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

For info, some of the ships in this convoy are also listed in Convoy OB 98GF the previous month.

Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Gr=Greek, Po=Polish, Da=Danish, Pal=Palestinian, Eg=Egyptian

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

11
Botusk
Glasgow
(Br)

21
Tactician
Liverpool
(Br)

31
Theseus
Liverpool
(Br)

41
Destro
Liverpool
(Br)

51
Yoma
Liverpool
(Br)

61
Medjerda
Portland
(Br)

71
Shaftesbury
London
(Br)

81
Helena Margareta
Middlesbrough
(Br)

91
British Diplomat
Portland
(Br)

12
Anglo Peruvian
Glasgow
(Br)

22
Marklyn
Barrow
(Br)

32
Designer
Liverpool
(Br)

42
Baron Stranraer
Barrow
(Br)

52
Shahristan
Avonmouth
(Br)

62

Thelma

moved to 55

Otina
London
(Br)

72
Sevilla
London
(Br)

82
Baron Ogilvy
Hull
(Br)

92
Margam Abbey
Tyne
(Br)

13
Mirupanu
Glasgow

23
Baron Douglas
Glasgow
(Br)

33
Cervantes
Liverpool
(Br)

43
Aghia Varvara
Liverpool
(Gr)

53
Roseburn
Newport
(Br)

63
Begum *
(Br)

Otina
moved up

Ullapool
Cardiff
(Br)

73
Otina
moved to 63, then 62

Solarium
Southampton
(Br)

83
Vancolite
Le Havre
(Br)

93
Matronna
London
(Gr)

14
Shuna
Glasgow
(Br)

24
Maclaren
Glasgow
(Br)

34
Lissa
Manchester
(Br)

44
Estrellano
Liverpool
(Br)

54
Haifa Trader Avonmouth
(Pal)

Hilde
Liverpool
(Da)

64
Ullapool
moved up

Tabaristan
Avonmouth
(Br)

74
Garonne
Manchester
(Norw)

84
Zaafaran*
London
(Eg)

94
Lublin
Southampton
(Po)

15

25
Alcora
Glasgow
(Br)

35
Mairi Deftereou
Glasgow
(Gr)

45
Empire Scout
Londonderry
(Br)

55
Hilde
moved up

Thelma
Falmouth
(Br)

65
Tabaristan
moved up

75
illegible / crossed out
Hull

85

95

* Begum, crossed out in station 63, is listed in Convoy HGF 25.
Also, there's a note in connection with Convoy HGF 25 that Istok, Polarsol, Calderon and British Viscount in that convoy were from HG 24. These are not mentioned in the A 1 form for HG 24.
For info, there was also a convoy designated HGF 24 (fast) which had left Gibraltar on March 25-1940 with 22 ships, arrival Liverpool Apr. 3.
* Zaafaran was later requisitioned for use as British Rescue Vessel, Oct.-1940.