Convoy SC.20 | |||||
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Part of World War II | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||
Admiral Karl Dönitz | |||||
Strength | |||||
~3 U-boats |
48 merchant ships 7 escorts | ||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
5 ships sunk 1 Damaged |
Convoy SC 20 was the 20th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The trade convoy left Halifax on 22 January 1941[1] and was found by U-boats of the 2nd and 9th Flotillas, operating from Lorient and Brest, respectively. Five ships were sunk before the convoy reached Liverpool on 8 February.[2]
Ships in the convoy
[edit]Name[3] | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
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Alcor (1920) | ![]() |
3,526 | |
Allende (1928) | ![]() |
5,081 | |
HMS Arbutus | ![]() |
Escort 4 Feb - 8 Feb Corvette | |
Baron Ogilvy (1926) | ![]() |
3,391 | |
Baron Yarborough (1928) | ![]() |
3,388 | |
Bernhard (1924) | ![]() |
3,563 | Returned with engine defects and a sick man |
Biafra (1933) | ![]() |
5,405 | |
Blairesk (1925) | ![]() |
3,300 | |
Calafatis (1917) | ![]() |
4,443 | Romped and sunk by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 naval bomber, of I./KG.40, with the loss of 18 of her 31 crew[4] |
HMS Camellia | ![]() |
Escort 4 Feb - 8 Feb Corvette | |
Cape Corso (1929) | ![]() |
3,807 | |
Copeland (1923) | ![]() |
1,526 | Rescue ship |
Coryton (1928) | ![]() |
4,553 | |
Coultarn (1938) | ![]() |
3,759 | |
Dione II (1936) | ![]() |
2,660 | Romped and sunk by U-93[5] on 4 Feb |
Einar Jarl (1921) | ![]() |
1,858 | |
Emmy (1914) | ![]() |
3,895 | Returned |
Empire Engineer (1921) | ![]() |
5,358 | Straggled and sunk by U-123[6] On 4 Feb |
HMS Erica | ![]() |
Escort 4 Feb - 08 Feb | |
Evviva (1921) | ![]() |
1,597 | Returned |
Flensburg (1922) | ![]() |
6,421 | |
Flowergate (1911) | ![]() |
5,161 | Arrived with furnace defects |
Fylingdale (1924) | ![]() |
3,918 | |
Hadleigh (1930) | ![]() |
5,222 | |
HMS Harvester | ![]() |
Escort 4 Feb - 8 Feb Destroyer | |
Ila (1939) | ![]() |
1,583 | Returned |
Inger Toft (1920) | ![]() |
2,190 | |
Ingertre (1921) | ![]() |
2,462 | |
Ioannis M Embiricos (1934) | ![]() |
3,734 | Bombed and sunk northwest of Ireland, by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 naval bomber, of I./KG.40[7] |
Kordecki (1930) | ![]() |
1,975 | Returned |
Lars Kruse (1923) | ![]() |
1,807 | |
Lylepark (1929) | ![]() |
5,186 | Returned |
Maclaren (1915) | ![]() |
2,350 | Wrecked, salvaged, repaired |
Manchester Division (1918) | ![]() |
6,048 | |
Maplecourt (1894) | ![]() |
3,388 | Sunk by U-107[8] On 4 Feb |
Maplewood (1930) | ![]() |
4,566 | Capt A G Maundrell (Commodore) |
Mathilda (1920) | ![]() |
3,650 | |
Milcrest (1919) | ![]() |
5,283 | |
Myson (1927) | ![]() |
4,564 | |
Narocz (1915) | ![]() |
1,795 | Returned |
HMCS Otter | ![]() |
Escort 22 Jan - 23 Jan Armed yacht | |
HMS Philante | ![]() |
Escort 4 Feb - 8 Feb Armed yacht, acting as convoy escort vessel | |
Pilar De Larrinaga (1918) | ![]() |
7,046 | |
Pontypridd (1924) | ![]() |
4,458 | |
Quistconck (1918) | ![]() |
5,144 | |
Ranella (1912) | ![]() |
5,590 | Straggler from BHX 104 |
HMS Ranpura | ![]() |
Escort 22 Jan - 4 Feb Armed merchant cruiser | |
Rolf Jarl (1920) | ![]() |
1,917 | |
Rozenburg (1918) | ![]() |
2,068 | Returned |
Selbo (1921) | ![]() |
1,778 | |
Sevill (1921) | ![]() |
1,383 | |
Sinnington Court (1928) | ![]() |
6,910 | Returned |
Telesfora De Larrinaga (1920) | ![]() |
5,780 | |
Trident (1917) | ![]() |
4,317 | |
Willesden (1925) | ![]() |
4,563 |
References
[edit]- ^ Hague pp.133&134
- ^ Blair, p.233
- ^ "Convoy SC.20". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "SS Calafatis [+1941]". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Dione II – British Steam Merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Empire Engineer – British Steam Merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "SS Ioannis M. Embiricos (+1941)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- ^ "Maplecourt – Canadian Steam Merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
Bibliography
[edit]- Blair, Clay (1996). Hitler's U-boat War:The Hunters 1939–1942. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-58839-8.
- Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.