Convoy HG 73
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 Isles from Gibraltar. The convoy departed Gibraltar on 17 September 1941 and was found on 18 September and was attacked over the next ten days. Nine ships were sunk from the convoy before the submarines exhausted their torpedo inventory on 28 September. Surviving ships reached Liverpool on 1 October.
| Convoy HG.73 | |||||
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| Part of World War II | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Regia Marina | United Kingdom | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Admiral Karl Dönitz | |||||
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5 U-boats 3 Italian submarines |
25 merchant ships 16 escorts | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 10 ships sunk | |||||
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