Convoy HG 79 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HG 79
Departed Gibraltar on Febr. 22-1942 and arrived Liverpool on March 6.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" agrees with 28 ships.
| Transcribed from documents received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. See also Convoy OG 79. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Nationality | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Meta | British | pyrites - cork | Tyne | – |
| Dewdale | " | oil fuel | Clyde | – |
| " | general | Preston | Listed in HG 80 | |
| Katla | Icelandic | general | Iceland | – |
| Coxwold | British | scrap | Swansea | – |
| Switzerland | " | general | Preston | – |
| Ardeola | " | general | Glasgow | – |
| Empire Heath | " | iron ore | Cardiff | – |
| Edencrag | " | iron ore | Workington | – |
| Flimston | " | iron ore | Mersey | – |
| Newton Pine | " | iron ore | Middlesbrough | – |
| Philipp M | " | iron ore | Ardrossan | – |
| Baron Yarborough | " | iron ore | Middlesbrough | – |
| Baron Dunmore | " | iron ore | Barrow | – |
| Baron Stranraer | " | iron ore | Barrow | – |
| " | iron ore | Workington | Listed in HG 80 | |
| Baron Ramsay | " | iron ore | Tyne | – |
| Corabella | " | iron ore | London | – |
| " | iron ore | Barrow | Listed in HG 80 | |
| " | iron ore | Middlesbrough | Listed in HG 80 | |
| Ottinge | " | iron ore | Workington | – |
| Holmbury | " | iron ore | Port Talbot | – |
| Baron Dechmont | " | iron ore | Barrow | – |
| Lynghaug | Norwegian | ore | Ipswich | – |
| Cara | British | ore | Middlesbrough | – |
| Empire Morn | " | ore | Glasgow | – |
| Spero | " | oranges | Mersey | – |
| Polo | " | oranges | Liverpool | – |
| Oporto | " | oranges | Liverpool | – |
| Algerian | " | oranges | Bristol | – |
| Shuna | " | oranges | Bristol | – |
| Tadorna | " | oranges | Liverpool | ("Unlikely starter") |
| 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 |
