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CONVOY HG 53
Departed Gibraltar on Febr. 6-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 24th.
Arnold Hague agrees with 21 ships.
Report on passage and details on ships sunk are available on
| Transcribed from several documents received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. |
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| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Sally Mærsk | Danish / MOWT 1940 | general | Belfast / Greenock | From HG 52 |
| Jura | British | pyrites | Aberdeen | Sunk - See report Page 2 |
| Vanellus | " | pyrites | Garston | From HG 52 |
| Empire Warrior | " | pyrites | Hull | From HG 52 |
| Marklyn | " | iron ore | Barrow | – |
| Dago | " | oranges | Bristol | – |
| Brandenburg | " | copper - pyrites | Leith | From HG 52 Sunk - See report Page 2 |
| Wrotham | " | iron ore | Barrow | – |
| Britannic | " | iron ore | Barrow | Sunk - See report Page 2 |
| Estrellano | " | general | Liverpool | From HG 52 Sunk - See report Page 2 |
| Tejo | Norwegian | minerals - general | Belfast f. o. | From HG 52 Sunk - See report Page 2 |
| Swedish | iron ore | Glasgow | To HG 54 | |
| Disa | " | iron ore | Glasgow | – |
| Empire Tern | British | pyrites | Glasgow | – |
| Empire Lough | " | ore | Barrow | – |
| " | pyrites | Garston | To HG 54 | |
| Dagmar I | " | sour oranges | Clyde f. o. | Commodore Sunk - See report Page 2 |
| Ousel | British | iron pyrites | Londonderry | – |
| Courland | " | general | London | Sunk - See report Page 2 |
| " | pitwood | Swansea Bay f. o. | To HG 54 | |
| Varna | " | pitwood | Cardiff | Sunk - See report Page 2 |
| " | oranges | Clyde f. o. | To HG 54 | |
| Egyptian Prince | " | oranges | Liverpool | Later Commodore |
| Iceland | " | oranges | Bristol | Lost touch Sunk - See report Page 2 |
| Coxwold | " | scrap iron | Llanelly | – |
| Additionally, the Rescue Vessel Toward was with this convoy for while. She was on her second voyage as such (her 1st voyage having been with HG 51), and had started this voyage from Clyde with Convoy OG 53 on Febr. 15-1941, detached Febr. 20, then joined HG 53 that same day to return to Clyde (Febr. 24). |