Convoy OG.52

Departed Liverpool on 5 February 1941
Arrived Gibraltar on 21 February 1941
Hague's records contain 30 merchants and 11 escorts (45 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ANASTASSIOS PATERAS (Gk)
54
3,382
1914
Coal
RETURNED WITH WEATHER DAMAGE
ARDEOLA (Br)
51
2,609
1912
 
 
ARY LENSEN (Br)
11
3,214
1930
 
 
AYMERIC (Br)
91
5,196
1919
Coal
LISBON
BALTALLINN (Br)
31
1,303
1920
 
 
BARON NAIRN (Br)
92
3,164
1925
Coal
LISBON
BEDENHAM (Br)
23
1,191
1919
General
GIBRALTAR
BELMONT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 5 Feb - 9 Feb
BIFROST (Sw)
33
1,781
1923
 
VILLA REAL
BRITISH VISCOUNT (Br)
41
6,895
1921
 
CURACAO
BRUCE M (Br)
62
1,887
1927
Coal
LISBON
CALEDONIA (Sw)
82
1,268
1913
Coal
LISBON
CANFORD CHINE (Br)
72
3,364
1917
 
LATER SUNK
CERVANTES (Br)
22
1,810
1919
 
 
CISCAR (Br)
52
1,808
1919
General
GIBRALTAR
CRANE (Br)
12
785
1937
 
 
CRESSADO (Br)
32
1,228
1913
 
 
EGRET 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 5 Feb - 9 Feb
ELENI (Gk)
13
5,655
1918
 
CAPETOWN
FANEFJELD (Nor)
93
1,354
1920
 
SEVILLE
GENTIAN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 5 Feb - 21 Feb
HENRI MORY (Br)
14
2,564
1920
 
FREETOWN
ISIS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20 Feb - 21 Feb
NORMAN STAR (Br)
53
6,817
1919
 
MONTE VIDEO
PHILIPP M (Br)
71
2,085
1924
Coal
LISBON
PINTO (Br)
21
1,346
1928
 
 
PROCRIS (Br)
61
1,033
1924
General
OPORTO
RAGNHILDSHOLM (Sw)
43
2,818
1929
 
 
REGISTAN (Br)
64
5,886
1930
 
 
REGISTAN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 6 Feb -
RUBENS (Bel)
24
320
1937
 
 
RUBENS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 5 Feb - 9 Feb
RUNA (Br)
94
1,575
1930
Coal
LISBON
SCARBOROUGH 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 9 Feb - 21 Feb
TOLTEN (Br)
81
5,348
1930
Tinplate
CURACAO
TRIO (Sw)
63
1,482
1922
Coal
LISBON
ULEA (Br)
42
1,574
1936
 
GIBRALTAR
VANQUISHER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 5 Feb - 9 Feb
WESTON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 5 Feb - 10 Feb
WHITEHALL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 5 Feb - 9 Feb
WINCHELSEA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 5 Feb - 9 Feb

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy OG.52:

    HMS RUBENS LEFT CONVOY, PROBABLY ON 9.2, AND WAS SUNK BY AIR ATTACK ON 13.2.41
    REGISTAN FOR PASSAGE TO PATROL AREA
    WINCHELSEA DETACHED TO ASSIST PRINS FREDERICK HENDRIK OF HG 52 AND TO JOIN THAT CONVOY SUBSEQUENTLY
    SCARBOROUGH SAILED LATE DUE TO DEFECTS
    COMMODORE: R-Adm E W LEIR DSO IN ARDEOLA
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN BALTALLIN
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.