Convoy HG 55 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

Convoy HG 55 Cruising Order
Departed Gibraltar at 2 p.m. on March 3-1941 and arrived Liverpool on the 22nd (Arnold Hague says 9 ships).

Received from Tony Cooper (his source: Public Records Office, Kew).

Captains' names are in parenthesis, above the names is info on armament where known (pdr.=pounder).

Br=British, Sw=Swedish, Gr=Greek

1

2

3

4

11
Algerian*
general
Liverpool
4" L.A.-12 pdr. H.A.
1 kite
D. Martin
(Br)

21
HMS Pandora

31
Palacio*
oranges - general
Bristol
12 pdr.-Hotchkiss
2 kites
D. J. Thomas
(Br)

41
Macbrae
pitwood
Cardiff
H.A.-Hotchkiss
D. F. White
(Br)

12
Bifrost*
pyrites
Belfast (d.g.) / Garston
A. R. Edman
(Sw)

22

32
Leonardia*
iron ore - cork
Belfast (d.g.) / Barrow
F. B. Johanson
(Sw)

42
Kalliopi**
iron ore
Belfast (d.g.) / Cardiff
no guns
N. Pontikos
(Gr)

13
Merkland
general - mails
Belfast (d.g.) / Preston
12 pdr. H.A.-Hotchkiss
1 kite
degaussing defective
J. M. Hadden
(Br)

23

33
Hydroussa
manganesite
Belfast (d.g.) / Birkenhead
G. Helmis
(Gr)

43
Aighai**
general
not degaussed
Belfast (d.g.) / Preston
(Gr)

* "Only 23 days bunkers"
** "This ship may not arrive in time to be included in the convoy".
* These ships had been cancelled from the previous convoy, HG 54.
** See Convoy SLS 64.

Also scheduled, but did not sail:
Ocean Coast, Rhineland, Margareta and Ary Lensen - all sailed in HG 56