Convoy SL 78 was the 78th of the numbered series of World War II SL convoys of merchant ships from Sierra Leone to Liverpool. Ships carrying commodities...

SL convoys were a numbered series of North Atlantic trade convoys during the Second World War. Merchant ships carrying commodities bound to the British...

from Liverpool, and OG to Gibraltar. September 14, 1939 The first of the SL convoys sails from Freetown. U-39 attacks the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark...

Convoy SL 125 was the 125th of the numbered series of World War II SL convoys of merchant ships from Sierra Leone to Liverpool. Ships carrying commodities...

Convoys SL 139/MKS 30 were two Allied convoys which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. SL 139 was one of the SL convoys from the South...

Convoys SL 138/MKS 28 were two Allied convoys which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. SL 138 was one of the SL convoys from the South...

Publishing. p. 466. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "WW2 - People's War - A Fateful Voyage: Convoy under Attack in the Atlantic (Part 2) - Tale of Unexploded Bombs and Heroism"...

ships 16 June-3 July Convoy HX 133 – German U-boats attack Allied convoy, sinking six merchant ships. 18 June-12 July Convoy SL 78 – Four German U-boats...

with convoy SL 128 to be designated SL 128/MKS 12. All subsequent MKS convoys merged with an SL convoy with a similar joint designation until SL 178/MKS...

six-day voyage, she came upon convoy SL-78, a convoy designated to give supplies to Allied African countries. The convoy had been attacked just recently...

Convoys SL 140/MKS 31 was a combined Allied convoy which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II, sailing to Britain in November 1943. SL...

Activity escorted convoys OS 78, KMS 52, SL 158, MKS 49, OS 78, KMS 52, AL 159, MKS 50, SL 162, MK 53, KMF 33, MKF 33, OS 86, KMS 60, SL 167 and MKS 58....

Convoy ON 154 (alternatively ON(S) 154 or ONS 154) was a North Atlantic convoy of the ON convoys which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in the Second...

joined Convoy SL 72. On 11 May a German aircraft attacked SL 72, sinking the refrigerated cargo ship Somerset. Testbank and the remainder of SL 72 reached...

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...

Hungary declared war on the Soviet Union. Cargo ship Empire Ability from convoy SL 78 was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-69. German submarine...

Convoy ON 92 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was the 92nd of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the...

HX convoys were transatlantic convoys in the North Atlantic during the First World War and in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. HX convoys...

from further search by finding convoy SL 64 and sinking seven ships from that unescorted convoy. The escort of convoy HG 53 was reinforced by the Grimsby-class...

series of 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...

reconnaissance bombers based at Bordeaux would search for the convoys. For three weeks, no OG and SL convoys were found and wolfpacks Bosemüller with seven U-boats...

1941, Empire Ability left Freetown with Convoy SL 78. On 27 June the German submarine U-69 attacked the convoy 200 miles southeast of the Azores. U-69's...

Convoy ON 67 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was the 67th of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the...

convoys. Headquarters RAF Fighter Command ordered all MSFUs to be disbanded commencing 8 June 1943. The combat launches from homeward bound convoy SL...

HX 72 was a North Atlantic convoy of the HX series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. The convoy comprised 43 ships of which...

Royal Canadian Navy, United States Navy, and Allied merchant shipping. Convoys, coming mainly from North America and predominantly going to the United...

Luftwaffe. The battle with Convoys ONS 20/ON 206 in the same month was a comprehensive defeat. A fourth major battle, Convoy SL 138/MKS 28, developed in...

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...

Kampfgeschwader 40 (KG 40) sent six Condor reconnaissance bombers to locate Convoy SL 91, bound for Liverpool from Freetown, Sierra Leone. Near noon, the radar...

Convoy Faith was a small, fast Allied convoy of World War II. It suffered heavy casualties when attacked by German long-range bombers while en route from...