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Notable events involving Northern Dawn include:

27 Dec 1940
HMS H 43 (Lt. I.L.M. McGeogh, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Northern Dawn (Lt. G.P.S. Lowe, RNVR). (1)

20 Feb 1941
HMS H 44 (Lt. A.R. Hezlet, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Northern Dawn (Lt. G.P.S. Lowe, RNVR). (2)

17 Mar 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Lough Foyle together with HMS Man o' War (T/Lt. W.W. Creber, RNR) and HMS Northern Dawn (Lt. G.P.S. Lowe, RNVR). (3)

15 Apr 1941

Convoy HG 59.

This convoy departed Gibraltar on 15 April 1941.

The convoy was made up of the following merchant vessels;
Atle Jarl (Norwegian, 1173 GRT, built 1919), Baron Graham (British, 3242 GRT, built 1925), Baron Tweedmouth (British, 3357 GRT, built 1927), Bur (Swedish, 1956 GRT, built 1919), Como (British, 1295 GRT, built 1910), Disa (Swedish, 2002 GRT, built 1918), Empire Bay (British, 2824 GRT, built 1940), Empire Stream (British, 2922 GRT, built 1941), Erato (British, 1335 GRT, built 1923), Jurko Topic (Yugoslavian, 5202 GRT, built 1919), Lapwing (British, 1449 GRT, built 1920), P.L.M. 13 (British, 3754 GRT, built 1921), Pelayo (British, 1346 GRT, built 1927), Taberg (Swedish, 1392 GRT, built 1920), Thyra (Swedish, 1796 GRT, built 1925), Tintern Abbey (British, 2471 GRT, built 1939), Trentino (British, 3079 GRT, built 1919) and Wrotham (British, 1884 GRT, built 1927).

On departure from Gibraltar the convoy was escorted by the sloop HMS Enchantress (Lt.Cdr. A.E.T. Christie, OBE, RN), corvettes HMS Gentian (Lt.Cdr. R.O. Yeomans, RD, RNR), HMS Geranium (T/Lt. A. Foxall, RNR) and HMS Joinquil (Lt.Cdr. R.E.H. Partington, RNR) and the submarine HrMs O 24 (Lt.Cdr. O. de Booy, RNN).

At dusk on 20 April 1941, in position 36°25'N, 19°13'W, the Jurko Topic parted company to proceed to New York.

At dusk on 22 April 1941, in position 41°10'N, 23°10'W, HMS Geranium and HMS Joinquil parted company.

At 0800Z/23, in position 41°58'N, 23°01'W, HrMs O 24 (Lt.Cdr. O. de Booy, RNN) left convoy HG 59 escorted by the British corvette HMS Gentian (Lt.Cdr. R.O. Yeomans, RD, RNR). O 24 was to join convoy OG 59. HMS Gentian was to rejoin convoy HG 59 which she did around 1730Z/24 in position 45°35'N, 22°57'W.

Around 1130Z/27, in position 52°21'N, 20°09'W, the convoy was joined by the destroyers HMS Keppel (Cdr. A.M. Sheffield, RN), HMS Sabre (Lt. Sir P.W. Gretton, DSC, RN), sloop HMS Fleetwood (Cdr. R.W. Moir, RN), corvettes HMS Dianella (T/Lt. J.G. Rankin, RNR), HMS Kingcup (Lt. R.A.D. Cambridge, RNR) and the A/S trawlers HMS Lady Elsa (T/Lt. S.G. Phillips, RNVR), HMS Northern Dawn (Lt. G.P.S. Lowe, RNVR) and HMS Wellard (Lt.(Retd.) R.F. Turnbull, RD, RNR). The rescue ship Toward (British, 1571 GRT, built 1923) also joined.

Around 1800A/30, in position 55°42'N, 07°41'W, the Oban section of the convoy parted company. This was made up of the following merchant vessels;
Bur and Tintern Abbey. HMS Northern Dawn went with them as escort.

Around 2300A/30, HMS Keppel, HMS Sabre, HMS Fleetwood, HMS Dianella, HMS Lady Elsa and HMS Wellard parted company to proceed to Londonderry where they arrived the following morning.

On 1 May 1941, the following merchant vessels arrived in the Clyde;
P.L.M. 13, Taberg and Wrotham. Also with them was the Toward. They were escorted to the Clyde by HMS Kingcup.

On 1 May 1941, the following merchant vessels arrived in Belfast Lough;
Atle Jarl, Como, Lapwing and Trentino.

On 1 May 1941, the following Empire Bay arrived at Workington.

On 2 May 1941, the following merchant vessels arrived at Barrow in Furness;
Baron Graham, Baron Tweedmouth, Disa and Thyra.

On 2 May 1941, the Erato arrived at Preston.

The remainder of the convoy arrived at Liverpool on 2 May 1941 escorted by HMS Enchantress and HMS Gentian. (4)

24 May 1941
HrMs O 10 (Lt. J.H. Geijs, RNN) departed Londonderry for Rothesay. She is escorted by HMS Northern Dawn (Lt. G.P.S. Lowe, RNVR). (5)

14 Jun 1941
HMS H 28 (Lt. D.S.R. Martin, RN) departed Rothesay for Londonderry. She was escorted by HMS Northern Dawn (Lt. J.O. Williams, RNR). (6)