HG 84 was an Allied convoy of the HG (Homeward from Gibraltar) series during World War II. Following the U-boat Arm's defeat whilst attacking convoy HG...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Convoy HX 84 was the 84th of the numbered series of Allied North Atlantic HX convoys of merchant ships from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Bermuda to Liverpool...
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Convoy HG 73 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was the 73rd of the numbered HG convoys Homeward bound to the British...
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days later. Topp formed part of a strong wolf pack against Convoy HG 84. Topp engaged the convoy 400 nautical miles (460 miles; 740 kilometres) west-northwest...
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Hubert Hudson (category Convoy commodores)
in World War II as a Royal Navy Reserve Convoy Commodore. Hudson died on 15 June 1942 while in convoy HG 84 when his ship, the merchant vessel Pelayo...
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of German U-boats that operated from 12 to 17 June 1942 in attacking Convoy HG 84 that comprised 23 Allied ships. The group's name commemorated the U-boat...
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June Convoy HG 84 – German wolfpack attacks British convoy, sinking five merchant ships. 2–4 July Convoy PQ 17 – 24 ships sunk from Arctic convoy to Soviet...
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251. To the south, heading to the United Kingdom from Gibraltar, was Convoy HG 47. Ranged against them was a pack of seven German submarines – U-boats...
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Norbury, she was in "position No.54 in the convoy, being the last ship in the 5th column", part of Convoy HG 84 travelling from Lisbon to Garston, and had...
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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...
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ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "D/S Gunvor". Warsailors. Retrieved 13 January 2012. "Convoy HX 194". Warsailors. Retrieved 17 May 2012. "Kaaparen". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved...
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the Second World War. Under Master William Waldie, Thurso was part of Convoy HG 84 which had left Lisbon for Liverpool, and called at Gibraltar on 9 June...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"CONVOY HG 84". Warsailors. Retrieved 1 August 2010. "KMS Convoys – 1942-1945, KMS 1 through KMS 30". Warsailors. Retrieved 1 August 2010. "CONVOY MKS...
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Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of warships protected cargo ships assembled for mutual defense and were attacked by submarines, surface...
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of Convoy HG 71, bound for the UK from Gibraltar. While four Italian submarines were deployed against the convoy, none managed to find it, and HG 71 reached...
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Lost Notes Hartmann Oct 1939 Apr 1940 6 7 0 3 Atlantic Ocean vs convoys KJF.3 and HG.3. Comprised U-37, U-40 (lost), U-42 (lost), U-45 (lost), U-46 and...
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Convoy SC 121 was the 121st of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The ships...
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series of major convoy battles, first around convoys Convoy HX 228, Convoy SC 121, and Convoy UGS 6; then followed the battle for Convoy HX 229/Concoy SC...
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Mediterranean to Allied traffic had led to the Allied convoy system in this area being re-organized. The previous OG/HG series to Gibraltar had been discontinued...
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on the Gibraltar and South Atlantic convoy routes and was involved in several convoy battles, including Convoy HG 76, one of the first Allied victories...
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Second Happy Time (section US convoys arrive)
belated institution of a convoy system was in large part due to a severe shortage of suitable escort vessels, without which convoys were seen as actually...
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The UG convoys were a series of east-bound trans-Atlantic convoys from the United States to Gibraltar carrying food, ammunition, and military hardware...
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Convoy ON 154 - also ON(S) 154 or ONS 154 - was a North Atlantic convoy of the ON series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II....
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