Convoy HG.53

Departed Gibraltar on 6 February 1941
Arrived Liverpool on 24 February 1941
Hague's records contain 22 merchants and 7 escorts (21 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ANEMONE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/02 - 24/02
BRANDENBURG (Br)
 
1,473
1910
Copper Pyrites
SUNK
BRITANNIC II (Br)
 
2,490
1918
Iron Ore
SUNK BY A/C
COURLAND (Br)
 
1,325
1932
General
SUNK
COXWOLD (Br)
 
1,124
1938
Scrap Iron
 
DAGMAR I (Br)
 
2,471
1903
Oranges
SUNK
DAGO (Br)
 
1,757
1902
Oranges
 
DEPTFORD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/02 - 24/02
DISA (Sw)
 
2,002
1918
Iron Ore
 
EGYPTIAN PRINCE (Br)
 
3,490
1922
Oranges
 
EMPIRE LOUGH (Br)
 
2,824
1940
Ore
 
EMPIRE TERN (Br)
 
2,479
1919
Pyrites
 
EMPIRE WARRIOR (Br)
 
1,306
1921
Pyrites
 
ESTRELLANO (Br)
 
1,982
1920
General
SUNK BY U 37
FURY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/02 - 23/02
ICELAND (Br)
 
1,236
1914
Oranges
 
JURA (Br)
 
1,759
1929
Pyrites
SUNK
LEAMINGTON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/02 - 24/02
LONDONDERRY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 18/02 - 24/02
MARKLYN (Br)
 
3,090
1918
Iron Ore
 
OUSEL (Br)
 
1,533
1922
Iron Pyrites
 
SABRE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/02 - 24/02
SALLY MAERSK (Br)
 
3,252
1923
General
WAS SEIZED 1.1.41 AT SEA
TEJO (Nor)
 
967
1916
Minerals, General
SUNK
TOWARD (Br)
 
1,571
1923
 
RESCUE SHIP, PROBABLY THIS CONVOY
VANELLUS (Br)
 
1,886
1921
Pyrites
 
VARNA (Br)
 
1,514
1924
Pitwood
SUNK
VELOX 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 06/02 - 11/02
WROTHAM (Br)
 
1,884
1927
Iron Ore
 

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy HG.53:

    LEAMINGTON, SABRE & ANEMONE JOINED FROM OG 53
    COMMODORE: R-Adm SIR O H DAWSON KBE IN DAGMAR
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.