Convoy HG 35 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HG 35
| Convoy HG 35 Cruising Order Departed Gibraltar on June 21-1940 and arrived Liverpool on July 1 (Arnold Hague says 20 ships). | ||||||
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| Transcribed from A 1 form received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Br=British, Norw=Norwegian, Du=Dutch, Sw=Swedish, Da=Danish, Bel=Belgian, Yug=Yugoslavian, Pal=Palestinian | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 11 Baron Ardrossan Glasgow (Br) | 21 Cellina Liverpool (Br) | 31 |
41 Palomares Liverpool(Br) | 51Haifa Trader Falmouth(Pal) | 61 Waynegate Tyne (Br) | 71 Elizabeth Massey Middlesbrough (Br) |
| 12 Bellerock Dublin(Br) | 22 Mafuta Liverpool(Bel) | 32 Courland Bristol (Br) | 42 Veronica Liverpool(Sw) | 52 Ivo RacicFalmouth (Yug) | 62 Brask Middlesbrough (Norw) | 72 Baron Cawdor Falmouth (Br) |
| 13King Idwal Hampton Roads (Br) | 23 Avance Glasgow(Da) | 33 Alf Avonmouth(Da) | 43 |
53 |
63 Atle Jarl London (Norw) | 73 Imperial Monarch Sydney, C.B. (Br) |
| 14 | 24 | 34Apollo*(Du) | 44 | 54 | 64 | 74 |
| *Note that there's no Apollo listed in the Advance Sailing Telegram below. There is, however, a Dutch Apollonia, which has been crossed out. |
| Advance Sailing Telegram Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Ivo Racic | Yugoslavian | iron ore | (Middlesbrough) sailed Falmouth final dest. Milford Haven / Cardiff | From HG 34 "crew refused sail Middlesbrough" |
| Atle Jarl | Norwegian | esparto | Portland / London | – |
| Polish | none given | London | – | |
| Veronica | Swedish | fruit | Liverpool | – |
| Courland | British | general | Bristol | – |
| Avance | Danish | barley | Glasgow | – |
| Brask | Norwegian | iron ore | Barrow | – |
| Alf | Danish | phosphate | Avonmouth | – |
| Palomares | British | cork | Liverpool | Commodore Vessel |
| Pengreep* | " | none given | Casablanca | – |
| Fircrest* | " | none given | Wabana, Newfoundland | Listed in HG 36 w/destination Liverpool (See also HX 65) |
| " | general | London | Listed in HG 36 | |
| " | general | Liverpool | (see also HG 39) | |
| " | pyrites | Poole | Listed in HG Z | |
| Alma Dawson* | " | none given | Wabana, Newfoundland | Listed in HG Z |
| " | ballast | London | Listed in HG Z | |
| Coultarn* | " | ballast | Sydney, C.B. | Listed in HG Z w/destination Liverpool (see also HX 66) |
| Toussika* | " | ballast | Casablanca | – |
| Har Zion* | " | none given | Casablanca | Listed in HG 37 |
| Baron Ardrossan | " | pyrites | Glasgow | – |
| Dutch | none given | Milford Haven f. o. | "Signalled as Thesabilities" | |
| Clunepark* | British | ballast | Pepel W. Africa | – |
| Marsa* | " | ballast | Pepel W. Africa | – |
| Lord Cochrane* | " | ballast | Mogador Fr. Morocco | – |
| King Idwal* | " | ballast | Hampton Roads | See also HX 60 |
| Imperial Monarch* | " | ballast | Sydney, C.B. | – |
| Norwegian | grain | Milford Haven | – | |
| Macgregor* | British | none given | Bermuda | See also HX 64 |
| Konistra* | Greek | none given | not given | – |
| Roumanie* | Belgian | none given | not given | – |
| San Cipriano* | British | Tanker | Trinidad | See also Notes in HX 62 |
| Athelcrest* | " | Tanker | Trinidad | See also HX 65 |
| Bellerock | " | timber | Dublin | – |
| Cellina* | " (ex. Italian) | general - passengers | Portland / London | – |
| Mafuta | Belgian | general | Liverpool | – |
| Dutch | Tanker (ballast) | Clyde f. o. | Listed in HG 36 | |
| Søborg | British (ex Danish) | phosphates | Glasgow | – |
| Haifa Trader | Palestinian | iron ore | Liverpool | – |
| Coulmore | British | ballast | Liverpool | – |
| Waynegate | " | ore | Tyne | Vice Commodore |
| Elizabeth Massey | " | phosphates | Middlesbrough | – |
| Baron Cawdor | " | barley | Hull | – |
| * These ships are not crossed out in the AST, but they all have the word NOT next to them.* The Italian Cellina had been seized at Gibraltar on June 10-1940, later became Empire Sailor ("The World's Merchant Fleets", R.W. Jordan). See this external page. |
Notes:
Commodore's notes and narrative are not available and, therefore, names of all the escorts are not known.
To the next HG convoy in my list HG Z 
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