Convoy SC 67
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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[3]
Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Atlanticos (1919) | ![]() |
5,446 | |
Belgique (1902) | ![]() |
4,606 | |
Biafra (1933) | ![]() |
5,405 | Capt E Rees DSC RD RNR (Commodore) |
Brynymor (1936) | ![]() |
4,771 | |
HMCS Chilliwack (K131) | ![]() |
Escort 30 Jan – 11 Feb Corvette | |
Clunepark (1928) | ![]() |
3,491 | |
HMCS Dauphin (K157) | ![]() |
Escort 02 Feb – 12 Feb Corvette | |
HMCS Dunvegan (K177) | ![]() |
Escort 30 Jan – 02 Feb Corvette | |
Empire Beaver (1919) | ![]() |
6,036 | Returned |
Empire Leopard (1917) | ![]() |
5,676 | |
Empire Livingstone (1941) | ![]() |
6,997 | |
Empire Zephyr (1941) | ![]() |
6,327 | |
HMS Gentian (K90) | ![]() |
Escort 11 Feb – 14 Feb Corvette | |
Graiglas (1940) | ![]() |
4,312 | Vice Commodore |
Hallanger (1928) | ![]() |
9,551 | |
HMCS Hamilton (I24) | ![]() |
Escort 30 Jan – 02 Feb Destroyer | |
Heina (1925) | ![]() |
4,028 | Sunk by U-136.[4] There were no dead |
HMS Honeysuckle (K27) | ![]() |
Escort 11 Feb – 15 Feb Corvette | |
Lagarfoss (1904) | ![]() |
1,211 | Oban |
HMCS Lethbridge (K160) | ![]() |
Escort 08 Feb – 11 Feb Corvette | |
Loriga (1919) | ![]() |
6,665 | |
HMCS Louisburg (K143) | ![]() |
Escort 02 Feb – 11 Feb Corvette | |
Mana (1920) | ![]() |
3,283 | Returned |
Montreal City (1920) | ![]() |
3,066 | |
Mount Taurus (1920) | ![]() |
6,696 | |
HMCS Nipigon (J154) | ![]() |
Escort 30 Jan – 02 Feb Minesweeper | |
Ozark (1919) | ![]() |
2,689 | Iceland |
Penolver (1912) | ![]() |
3,721 | |
Ruth I | ![]() |
3,531 | |
HMCS Saskatoon (K158) | ![]() |
Escort 30 Jan – 02 Feb Corvette | |
HMCS Shediac (K110) | ![]() |
Escort 02 Feb – 11 Feb Corvette | |
Sirehei (1907) | ![]() |
3,888 | |
Spero (1919) | ![]() |
3,619 | Returned |
HMCS Spikenard (K198) | ![]() |
Escort 02 Feb – 10 Feb Corvette | |
HNoMS St. Albans | ![]() |
Escort 11 Feb – 13 Feb Destroyer | |
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 | |
References
- ↑ Hague, pp.133
- ↑ Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.119
- ↑ "Convoy SC.67". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ↑ "Heina – Norwegian Motor merchant". www.ubaot.net. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
Bibliography
- 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.
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