Convoy HG.49

Departed Gibraltar on 29 December 1940
Arrived Liverpool on 15 January 1941
Hague's records contain 23 merchants and 14 escorts (22 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
AGIA VARVARA (Gk)
52
2,433
1904
Wine, General
 
ALDERGROVE (Br)
23
1,974
1918
Pyrites
 
ALRESFORD (Br)
53
2,472
1922
Pitprops
 
ANTELOPE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 15/01
ANTHONY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 15/01
ARAB 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 15/01
ARDEOLA (Br)
31
2,609
1912
General
 
BALTALLINN (Br)
44
1,303
1920
Iron Ore
 
BARON KELVIN (Br)
51
3,081
1924
Pyrites
 
BARON VERNON (Br)
11
3,642
1929
Iron Ore
 
BEACHY (Br)
 
1,600
1936
 
RESCUE SHIP, SUNK BY A/C 11.1.41
BEDENHAM (Br)
63
1,191
1919
Ballast
 
BRIDGEWATER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 03/01 - 03/01
CALABRIA (Sw)
22
1,277
1916
Iron Ore
 
CERVANTES (Br)
42
1,810
1919
Onions, Oranges
 
CORTES (Br)
32
1,374
1919
Fruit
 
CRANE (Br)
24
785
1937
Pyrites
 
DINARIC (Br)
62
2,555
1919
Sardines, Iron Ore
 
DOMINO (Amer)
41
3,170
1919
Sardines, Iron Ore
 
EBRO (Da)
13
1,547
1920
General
 
FINLAND (Br)
12
1,375
1939
General
 
GEORGETOWN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 15/01
GLEN HEAD (Br)
34
2,011
1909
 
 
HEATHER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 15/01
HIGHWEAR (Br)
54
1,173
1936
Pitprops
 
KINGSTON CHRYSOLI 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/12 - 15/01
KINGSTON JACINTH 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/12 - 15/01
KINGSTON TOPAZ 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/12 - 15/01
KINGSTON TURQUOIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/12 - 15/01
LADY MADELEINE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 15/01
LEADGATE (Br)
21
2,125
1925
Iron Ore
 
LEITH 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 29/12 - 15/01
MEMPHIS (Eg)
33
2,085
1920
General
 
PEGASUS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 15/01
PICOTEE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 11/01 - 15/01
PROCRIS (Br)
61
1,033
1924
General
 
ULRA (Br)
43
1,574
1936
Iron Ore
 

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy HG.49:

    SHIPS JOINING 11.1.41 DID SO FROM OG 49, BRIDGEWATER JOINED FROM SLS 60, AND DETACHED TO WS 5A
    COMMODORE: R-Adm E K BODDAM-WHETHAM CBE DSO IN ARDEOLA
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN BARON KELVIN
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.