Convoy FS 559

Convoy FS 559, eventually comprising ten merchant ships, was a British convoy in World War II which departed Methil, Scotland on 4 August 1941, then Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for Southend, Essex.{{cite web |last1=Hague |first1=Arnold |title=Convoy FS.559 |url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/fs/index.html |website=Convoy Web |access-date=12 July 2023}} The protecting force comprised the destroyers {{HMS|Vimiera|1917|6}} and {{HMS|Wolsey}}, supported by {{HMT|Agate|1933|6}} and HMT Arkwright. On the night of 6 August, six merchant ships from the convoy and escort Agate ran aground on the Haisborough Sands.{{cite book |title=Returns of Ships Totally Lost, Broken Up, &c. - 1st July to 30th September, 1941 |date=February 1943 |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |location=London |page=9 |url=https://lloyds-production.s3.amazonaws.com/_file/general/1941-casualty-returns.pdf |access-date=12 July 2023}} The Cromer lifeboat H.F. Bailey was the first to arrive, and rescued 16 men from the SS Oxshott, 31 from the {{SS|Gallois}}, 19 from the Deerwood and 22 from Betty Hindley.The Ship-Wrecks off North East Norfolk by Ayer Tikus: Published by Ayer Tikus Publications; ASIN B0032Z2NU0 The Cromer second lifeboat Harriot Dixon and the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat Louise Stephens between them rescued a further 31 men.

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