Convoy HG 33 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HG 33
Departed Gibraltar on June 8-1940 and arrived Liverpool on the 18th.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" agrees w/23 ships in this convoy.
| Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Oporto | British | oil cake - cotton | Liverpool | Vice Commodore |
| Harpenden | " | oil cake - cotton seed | Hull | Commodore Vessel |
| Kheti | " | oil cake - onions - cotton | Liverpool | – |
| Castilian | " | general | Avonmouth | – |
| Alcora | " | oil cake - meal | Belfast | – |
| Algerian | " | oil cake - onions - wine | Portland / London | – |
| Norwegian | onions | Portland / London | Listed in HGF 34 | |
| Elisabeth Lensen | British | iron ore - alpha | Middlesbrough | – |
| Turul | Hungarian | iron ore | Glasgow | – |
| Bobie | British(?) | pyrites | Garston | – |
| " | refrigerator general | London | Listed in previous convoy HGF 33 | |
| Mari Chandris | Greek | cotton | Liverpool | – |
| Matronna | " | barley - esparto | Barry Docks | – |
| Somersby | British | iron ore | Cardiff | From HGF 33 |
| Fylingdale | " | iron ore | Workington | – |
| Cape St. Andrew | " | iron ore | Hull | – |
| British Venture | " | Tanker W | Ardrossan | From HGF 33 |
| Sarastone | " | iron pyrites | Belfast | – |
| Sandsend | " | iron pyrites | Hull | – |
| Dago | " | cotton - onions | Portland / London | – |
| Loanda | " | iron pyrites | Poole | – |
| Chelatros | Greek | barley | London | – |
| Eastmoor | British | iron ore | Newcastle | – |
| Pandias | Greek | iron ore | Dagenham | – |
| Carolus | Finnish | phosphates - esparto | Hull | – |
Notes:
Commodore was in Harpenden, Vice Commodore in Oporto.
No further details are available.
To the next HG convoy in my list HGF 34
| Aa–Al | An–Ar | As–Av | Ba | Be | Bi–Bl | Bo | Br–Bu | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | F | G | Ha | He | Hi–Hy | Hø | I | J | K |
| L | M | N | O | PQ | R | Sa–Sc | Se–Sj | Sk–Sn | So |
| Sp–St | Su–Sø | Ta–Te | Th–Ti | To | Tr–Tø | U | V | W | Ø |
