Convoy HG 73 (17 September – 1 October 1941) was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was the 73rd of the numbered HG convoys...

HG 70 was an Allied convoy of the HG (Homeward from Gibraltar) series during World War II. It was attacked by a pack of ten U-boats, without success. All...

Convoy HG 76 (19 to 23 December 1941) was an Allied convoy of the HG (Homeward from Gibraltar) series, during the Second World War. It was notable for...

means to give further protection for convoys from enemy aircraft. Springbank was part of the escort for Convoy HG 73 from Gibraltar to Liverpool. Springbank's...

Operation Torch, HG convoys were replaced by MK convoys returning mostly empty ships from the Mediterranean to the United Kingdom. KM and MK convoys ended in...

Convoy HG 53 was the 53rd of the numbered series of World War II HG convoys of Homeward bound merchant ships from Gibraltar to Liverpool. Convoy HG 53...

shipping. On 25/26 September 1941 Mohr was part of a Wolfpack that attacked convoy HG 73. Mohr sank Empire Stream, Petrel and Siremalm. Rolf Mützelburg sank the...

HG 84 was an Allied convoy of the HG (Homeward from Gibraltar) series during the Second World War. Following the U-boat Arm's defeat whilst attacking Convoy...

Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of warships protected cargo ships assembled for mutual defense and were attacked by submarines, surface...

This is a List of Allied convoys during World War II by region. Hague 2000a, pp. 120–122. "Norwegian Campaign, World War 2 at Sea, April 1940". Archived...

one of 25 merchant ships that formed Convoy HG 73, which left Gibraltar on 17 September bound for Liverpool. HG 73's Commodore, Rear Admiral Sir Kenelm...

of Tallinn 9–11 September Convoy SC 42 – 14 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic 17 September – 1 October Convoy HG 73 – 9 ships sunk in North Atlantic...

was commissioned. German submarines U-158 and U-589 were commissioned. Convoy HG 73 came under attack in the North Atlantic. The British liner SS Avoceta...

Paisley, Renfrewshire. On 26 September 1941 she was straggling from Convoy HG 73 when U-203 torpedoed and sank her in the Atlantic Ocean north north west...

This is a list of convoy codes used by the Allies during World War II There were over 300 convoy routes organized, in all areas of the world; each was...

corvette. HG 74 Convoy HG 74 sailed from Gibraltar on 2 October and arrived at the Clyde on 17 October. The trip was uneventful. OG 76 Convoy OG 76 sailed...

Kingdom Avoceta – On 25 September, the British passenger ship was in Convoy HG 73 when U-203 torpedoed her in mid-Atlantic. Most of her 67 passengers were...

Convoy HG 10 from Gibraltar to Liverpool for the last leg of her voyage. In January 1940 Yoma left Liverpool for Rangoon, sailing with Convoy OB 73 which...

HX convoys from North America, HG convoys from the Mediterranean, and a short-lived series of HN convoys from Norway. Eight ships sailed as convoy SL...

major battle developed over several separate convoys; Convoy HG 73 and HG.74 in September. HG 73 was composed of 25 merchantmen and 11 escorts including...

Russian). Veche. "SS Socony (+1941)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 23 December 2011. "Convoy HX-148". www.warsailors.com. Retrieved 2 January 2019. "Baron Pentland"...

HX convoys were transatlantic convoys in the North Atlantic during the First World War and in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. HX convoys...

Springbank was torpedoed by the German submarine U-201 while escorting convoy HG 73 in the Atlantic. Many lives were lost and Paterson swam to the corvette...

251. To the south, heading to the United Kingdom from Gibraltar, was Convoy HG 47. Ranged against them was a wolfpack of seven U-boats and reinforced...

Marconi-class submarine Luigi Torelli, which was attempting to attack Convoy HG 73, west of Gibraltar. On 3 September 1942, depth charges from the British...

Hague, Arnold. "Convoy OG.68". OG Convoy Series. Don Kindell, Convoyweb. Retrieved 18 February 2021. Hague, Arnold. "Convoy HG.69". HG Convoy Series. Don...

return voyage she escorted a merchant convoy, departing 30 November. At Gibraltar in mid-December she joined Convoy HG-76, departing 14 December for Britain...

Convoy ON 92 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was the 92nd of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the...

brought Clonlara's survivors to Cork, Lanahrone joined Convoy HG 73. Nine of the 25 ships in that convoy were lost. These experiences and the inability of...

formed into convoys for protection against German submarine attack. In March 1943 convoys HX 229 and SC 122 were the focus of the largest convoy battle of...