SC 7 was the code name for a large Allied convoy in the Second World War comprising 35 merchant ships and six escorts, which sailed eastbound from Sydney...
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Convoy SC 42 was the 42nd of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. SC 42 was...
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Convoy SC 7 was the seventh of the SC convoys, bound from Sydney, Nova Scotia across the North Atlantic to British ports, mainly Liverpool. They were...
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SC 7 may refer to: (35282) 1996 SC7 (SC7 of 1996), an asteroid BOT SC07 Speed Cruiser, a light-sport aircraft Convoy SC 7, a formation and engagement...
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from the convoy at noon on 18 October, in the Western Approaches, where Convoy SC 7 had been attacked by a Wolfpack on the night of 18/19 October, which...
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Convoy SC 100 was a North Atlantic convoy, one of the SC series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was the 100th of the numbered...
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formed into convoys for protection against German submarine attack. In March 1943 convoys HX 229 and SC 122 were the focus of the largest convoy battle of...
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August 1944. Convoy HX 79 Attacked by a U-boat Wolfpack in October 1940. Twelve ships were lost, which, with the attack on Convoy SC 7 on the same day...
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SC convoys were a series of North Atlantic convoys that ran during the battle of the Atlantic during World War II. They were east-bound slow convoys originating...
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patrols. List of wolfpacks of World War II Convoy SC 7 for an account of one of the first Allied convoys to suffer a wolfpack attack Tarrant p58 Tarrant...
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Convoy SC 94 was the 94th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, to Liverpool...
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Convoy SC 130 was a North Atlantic convoy which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was the 130th of the numbered series of Slow...
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Convoy SC 121 was the 121st of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The ships...
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Convoy SC 118 was the 118th of the numbered series of World War II slow convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island, to Liverpool. The ships...
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convoy OB 202. Aircraft sink Llanishen and Makalla from convoy OA 203. August 24, 1940 U-37 sinks Blairmore from convoy SC 1. August 25, 1940 Convoy HX...
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SS Carsbreck (section Early years and convoy SC 7)
She sailed in a number of convoys in the Second World War, carrying supplies to and from the UK. She was part of Convoy SC 7 in October 1940, carrying...
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SS Creekirk (section Convoy SC 7 and loss)
Sydney, Nova Scotia. There she joined Convoy SC 7, which on 5 October sailed for Liverpool. Creekirk was typical of SC 7's 35 merchant ships: old, slow (one...
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major convoy battles, first around convoys Convoy HX 228, Convoy SC 121, and Convoy UGS 6; then followed the battle for Convoy HX 229/Concoy SC 122, the...
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Schepke and Otto Kretschmer. Operation Berlin Convoy SC 7 Convoy HX 84 Convoy HX 106 Convoy HX 112 Convoy OB 293 Second Happy Time Purnell, Tom (April...
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Convoy SC 107 was the 107th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The ships...
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Convoy SC 104 was the 104th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. During...
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SS Blairspey (section Convoy SC 7)
Atlantic in the Second World War. In 1940 she survived being part of Convoy SC 7 and managed to reach port, despite being hit by at least three torpedoes...
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SS Beatus (section Convoy SC 7 and sinking)
"Convoy HX.60". HX Convoy Series. Don Kindell, ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 9 August 2013. Hague, Arnold. "Convoy SC.7". SC Convoy Series. Don Kindell, ConvoyWeb...
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HMS Leith (U36) (section Convoy SC 7)
Heartsease. The escorts were detached from the convoy on 17 October and sailed to join the inbound Convoy SC 7. On 18 October she rescued 19 survivors from...
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Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of warships protected cargo ships assembled for mutual defense and were attacked by submarines, surface...
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HMS Fowey (L15) (section The attack on convoy SC 7)
escorting convoys in the Western Approaches. She put to sea with the corvette HMS Bluebell on 16 October to come to the aid of Convoy SC 7 which was under...
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SS Fiscus (section Convoy SC 7 and sinking)
Hague, Arnold. "Convoy OB.208". OB Convoy Series. Don Kindell, ConvoyWeb. Retrieved 11 August 2013. Hague, Arnold. "Convoy SC.7". SC Convoy Series. Don Kindell...
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slab. Most of the roof is around 4.5 metres (15 ft) thick but part of it is 7 metres (23 ft) thick as the Germans began adding to its thickness before the...
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SS Snefjeld (section Convoy SC 7)
September with convoy OB 207. Snefjeld joined convoy SC 7 for the return voyage to the UK. She arrived at the convoy assembly point at Sydney, Nova Scotia from...
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Battle of the Atlantic (category North Atlantic convoys of World War II)
and damaged two over the course of two nights. In October, the slow convoy SC 7, with an escort of two sloops and two corvettes, was overwhelmed, losing...
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