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    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...
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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 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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    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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  • 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...
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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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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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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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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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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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  • Russian). Veche. "SS Socony (+1941)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 23 December 2011. "Convoy HX-148". www.warsailors.com. Retrieved 2 January 2019. "Baron Pentland"...
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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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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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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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    Hague, Arnold. "Convoy OG.68". OG Convoy Series. Don Kindell, Convoyweb. Retrieved 18 February 2021. Hague, Arnold. "Convoy HG.69". HG Convoy Series. Don...
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    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...
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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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    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...
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