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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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List of shipwrecks in October 1940 (section 7 October)
October 1940, Part 1 of 2, Tuesday 1st – Monday 14th". Naval History. Retrieved 7 February 2012. "SS Aghios Nicolaos (+1940)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 2...
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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 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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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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SS Scoresby (section Convoy SC 7 and sinking)
Scotia, where she joined Convoy SC 7. Her Master was Lawrence Zebedee Weatherill, and she carried the Convoy Vice-Commodore. SC 7 left Sydney on 5 October...
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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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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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SC 26 was a North Atlantic convoy of the SC series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. SC 26 was an east-bound convoy of 23 ships...
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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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SC 143 was a North Atlantic convoy of the SC series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was the second battle in the Kriegsmarine's...
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