Convoy SC 67
Convoy SC 67 | |||||
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Part of World War II | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||
Admiral Karl Dönitz | Capt E Rees DSC RD RNR | ||||
Strength | |||||
28 merchant ships 13 escorts | |||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
1 merchant ship sunk 1 warship sunk |
Convoy SC 67 was the 67th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool.[1] The convoy left Halifax on 30 January 1942 and picked up a tran-Atlantic escort in Newfoundland. This marked the start of the allied end-to-end convoy escort system, which remained in effect until the end of the war. The convoy was found by U-591 on 10 February, and attacked by U-136 of 6th U-boat Flotilla, operating out of St Nazaire. Surviving ships reached Liverpool on 15 February.[2]
Ships in the convoy
[edit]Merchants
[edit]Name[3] | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
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Atlanticos (1919) | ![]() | 5,446 | |
Belgique (1902) | ![]() | 4,606 | |
Biafra (1933) | ![]() | 5,405 | Convoy commodore's ship, Capt E Rees DSC RD RNR |
Brynymor (1936) | ![]() | 4,771 | |
Clunepark (1928) | ![]() | 3,491 | |
Empire Beaver (1919) | ![]() | 6,036 | Returned |
Empire Leopard (1917) | ![]() | 5,676 | |
Empire Livingstone (1941) | ![]() | 6,997 | |
Empire Zephyr (1941) | ![]() | 6,327 | |
Graiglas (1940) | ![]() | 4,312 | Vice Commodore |
Hallanger (1928) | ![]() | 9,551 | |
Heina (1925) | ![]() | 4,028 | Sunk by U-136.[4] All crew saved |
Lagarfoss (1904) | ![]() | 1,211 | Oban |
Loriga (1919) | ![]() | 6,665 | |
Mana (1920) | ![]() | 3,283 | Returned |
Montreal City (1920) | ![]() | 3,066 | |
Mount Taurus (1920) | ![]() | 6,696 | |
Ozark (1919) | ![]() | 2,689 | Iceland |
Penolver (1912) | ![]() | 3,721 | |
Ruth I | ![]() | 3,531 | |
Sirehei (1907) | ![]() | 3,888 | |
Spero (1919) | ![]() | 3,619 | Returned |
Stone Street (1922) | ![]() | 6,131 | |
Stornest (1921) | ![]() | 4,265 | |
Tintagel (1923) | ![]() | 2,972 | Collision. Towed to St John's by Rescue Tug HMS Prudent |
Titanian (1924) | ![]() | 4,880 | |
Tore Jarl (1920) | ![]() | 1,514 | Put Back |
Wisla (1928) | ![]() | 3,106 |
Escorts
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hague, pp.133
- ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.119
- ^ a b "Convoy SC.67". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "Heina – Norwegian Motor merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ "HMCS Spikenard (K 198) – Canadian Corvette". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
Bibliography
[edit]- Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
- Rohwer, J.; Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.