Convoy HG 75 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY HG 75 Departed Gibraltar on Oct. 22-1941 and arrived Liverpool on Nov. 3.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" agrees with 17 ships.

Notes:
* Ariosto, Carsbreck and Alhama have all been crossed out with the word "NOT" next to them, which is usually the way of indicating the ship did not sail. In this case, however, they must have sailed, since they were sunk when in HG 75.

Carsbreck, on a voyage from Almeria for Barrow with about 6000 tons iron ore, was sunk on Oct. 24 by U-564. According to "Lloyd's War Losses", she had a crew of 36 and 6 gunners, 19 crew and 4 gunners missing.

Alhama, on a voyage from Seville and Valencia for Belfast with a cargo of 180 tons tartaric acid, 1730 tons onions, wines and cork, and 27 tons general, was sunk at the same time by the same U-boat. She had a crew of 26 and 7 gunners, all of whom were saved. (Arnold Hague gives U-563 as the culprit in Alhama's case).

Ariosto was also sunk by U-564 at the same time. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool with 495 tons cork, 51 tons ore, 26 tons diatonite and 10 tons general, and a crew of 37 plus 4 gunners, 4 Commodore's staff and 3 passengers. 5 crew and 1 gunner were lost.

Ulea, voyaging from Huelva, cargo of 2393 tons copper pyrites, was sunk on Oct. 28 by U-432. She had a crew of 21, as well as 4 gunners and 3 passengers on board - 13 crew, 3 gunners and all the passengers were lost.

In addition to the 4 merchant ships, HMS Cossack (U-563 - Oct. 24) and HMS Ariguani were also torpedoed (damaged by U-83 - Oct. 26). Cossack (of Jøssingfjord/Altmark fame) eventually sank.

Commodore's notes are not available.

Some of the escorts are named at the first 3 external links below.

Casualties of Cossack - A section of the HMS Cossack Association website.

HG (& SL) Convoys - In chronological order.

To find out if any of these ships were in convoys going in the other direction, see
Mike Holdoway's website

For more info on the Empire Ships sailing in this convoy, see
The Empire Ships

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