Convoy HG 9 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)
CONVOY HG 9
Departed Port Said on Nov. 19-1939 and arrived Liverpool on Dec. 8.
(The Advance Sailing Telegram gives sailing date as Nov. 30-1939, possibly from Gibraltar)
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 52 ships in this convoy.
| Received from Tony Cooper - His source: Public Records Office, Kew. Commodore's notes and A 1 form are not available to me and, therefore, station numbers and escorts are not known. All these ships were British. The ships denoted * were with the convoy from Port Said, Nov. 19. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ship | Cargo | Destination | Remarks |
| Teiresias* | general | Liverpool | – |
| general | Liverpool | Port Said portion (not in convoy) Listed in HG 10 | |
| British Ardour* | tanker | London | – |
| City of Hongkong* | general | Liverpool | – |
| British Princess* | tanker | London | – |
| City of Pittsburg* | general | Liverpool | – |
| Clan Macilwraith* | general | London | – |
| Dromus* | tanker | London | – |
| Maidan* | general | London | – |
| Atheltemplar* | Admiralty tanker | Invergordon | – |
| Cyclops* | general | Liverpool | – |
| Inverlane | tanker | Invergordon | – |
| Calderon | Naval stores | Devonport | – |
| British Fortune | tanker | Grangemouth | – |
| Kirkland | general | London | – |
| Queen Maud | copra | Newcastle | – |
| Saltersgate | oil cake - cotton seed | Avonmouth | – |
| Admiralty tanker | Rosyth | Listed in HG 10 | |
| Ullapool | iron ore | Glasgow | From HG 8 |
| Baron Erskine | pyrites | Ardrossan | – |
| British Colony | tanker | Swansea | – |
| British Glory | Admiralty tanker | Portsmouth | – |
| Jeypore | general | London | – |
| Gretafield | Admiralty tanker | Rosyth | – |
| Admiralty tanker | Invergordon | Listed in HG 10 | |
| City of Simla | general | Liverpool | – |
| Willowpool | none given | Middlesbrough | – |
| tanker | Avonmouth | In HG 10 | |
| British Renown | tanker | Avonmouth | – |
| Staffordshire | none given | London | – |
| Aymeric | raw sugar | London | – |
| Glenaffaric | general | Liverpool | – |
| City of Evansville | general | London | – |
| Atreus | government stores | Milford Haven | – |
| Diala | tanker | Southampton | – |
| British Progress | tanker | Liverpool | – |
| British Integrity | tanker | London | – |
| British Venture | tanker | Ipswich | – |
| City of Perth | none given | London | – |
| Athelviking | tanker | Hull | – |
Notes:
Additionally, there's a note in a document for the next convoy, HG 10, saying that the British Sovac sailed in HG 9, bound for Hull.
No further details are available on this convoy.
To the next HG convoy in my list HG 10
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| 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 |
