{"id":531,"date":"2024-03-21T12:51:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T12:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/?p=531"},"modified":"2024-03-21T12:58:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T12:58:46","slug":"remember-clonlara-convoy-og71","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/remember-clonlara-convoy-og71\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember – Clonlara (convoy OG71)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clonlara (convoy OG71)<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Sunk by torpedo from U-564 in North Atlantic, 22nd August 1941, convoy OG 71 The CLONARA had rescued thirteen men from the ALVA HMS CAMPION rescued thirteen survivors from the CLONARA (five from the ALVA and eight from the CLONARA) The six uninjured crew from CLONARA, were brought home by the CITY OF DUBLIN<\/p><\/div>\n

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Carr, William,\u00a0Dublin<\/em><\/td>\nGreen, Edward,\u00a0Dublin<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kavanagh, Edward,\u00a0Dublin<\/em><\/td>\nLambe, A.,\u00a0Dublin<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McGuigan, Peter,\u00a0Lusk, Co.Dublin<\/em><\/td>\nMcKane, Samuel,\u00a0Dublin<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reynolds, Joseph,\u00a0Drogheda<\/em><\/td>\nRobertson, Archie,\u00a0Limerick<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smith, William J.,\u00a0Dublin<\/em><\/td>\nSpanner, John T.,\u00a0Wexford<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spence, Robert S.,\u00a0Dublin<\/em><\/td>\nand two wounded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Convoys and Insurance<\/span><\/h2>\n

Initially some Irish ships sailed in convoy, at the insistence of insurance companies. Lloyds of London would insure the ships, cargoes and the lives and health of the crew, provided that they sailed in convoy. Nonetheless, some ships never sailed in convoy. \u00a0The perceived inability of the Royal Navy to protect them after convoy OG-71 and experiences of insurance claims after\u00a0convoy OG-74 (click for more)<\/a>, changed attitudes and thereafter Irish ships sailed alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Convoy OG-71 – Nightmare Convoy<\/span><\/h2>\n

This convoy became known as \u201cnightmare convoy\u201d. When the convoy was located, a \u2018wolf pack\u2019 of U-boats assembled. Every night the wolf pack attacked, and another ship was lost. Every day, they were bombed by the Luftwaffe. With eight merchant ships, two naval escorts and over 400 lives lost, with no German losses, the convoy retreated to neutral Lisbon. English girls, some just eighteen years old, had been trained as cypher and wireless operators. They were to be located in Gibraltar, where German radio messages would be intercepted. These WRENs were on the luxury liner\u00a0Aguila<\/em>. All were lost on 19 August 1941 when\u00a0Aguila<\/em>\u00a0was torpedoed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sailing alone<\/span><\/h2>\n

Two Irish ships were in the convoy,\u00a0Lanahrone<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Clonlara<\/em>. When\u00a0Clonlara<\/em>\u00a0sank, 11 of her crew and 14 survivors from\u00a0Alva<\/em>\u00a0(British) which she had rescued earlier, were lost. There were two Irish crews in Lisbon who watched this sad arrival; they were the\u00a0City of Dublin<\/em>\u00a0and the\u00a0Irish Poplar<\/em>. On the instruction of Lloyds Insurance, the Limerick Steamship Company instructed that the\u00a0Lanahrone<\/em>\u00a0be painted camouflage grey and have automatic blackouts fitted to doors. The crew responded by going on strike. In return for extra life-rafts they agreed to return in convoy HG-73. \u00a0Ten ships were lost from HG-73. In the light of the losses in OG-71 and HG-73, Irish ships ceased sailing in convoy. \u00a0 Thereafter she, and other Irish ships, sailed alone, brightly painted with tricolours and EIRE painted large, under full lights.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clonlara (convoy OG71)   Carr, William,\u00a0Dublin Green, Edward,\u00a0Dublin Kavanagh, Edward,\u00a0Dublin Lambe, A.,\u00a0Dublin McGuigan, Peter,\u00a0Lusk, Co.Dublin McKane, Samuel,\u00a0Dublin Reynolds, Joseph,\u00a0Drogheda Robertson, Archie,\u00a0Limerick Smith, William J.,\u00a0Dublin Spanner, John T.,\u00a0Wexford Spence, Robert S.,\u00a0Dublin and two wounded Convoys and Insurance Initially some Irish ships sailed in convoy, at the insistence of insurance companies. Lloyds of London would insure the…<\/span><\/p>\n

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