Convoy SQ-36
Convoy SQ 36 | |||||
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Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the St. Lawrence | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||
Karl Dönitz Eberhard Hoffmann Paul Hartwig | |||||
Strength | |||||
2 U-boats |
21 merchant ships 3 escorts | ||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
3 ships sunk 2 ships damaged |
Convoy SQ-36 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was one of the numbered SQ Convoys from Sydney to Quebec. The convoy was found on 15 September 1942 by U-517, which then destroyed 2 ships from the convoy while U-165 destroyed 1.
Ships in the convoy[1]
Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
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Agios Georgios (1911) | ![]() |
4,248 | |
Anna (1897) | ![]() |
1,043 | |
HMCS Arrowhead (1940) | ![]() |
358 | Escort 12–16 September |
Askot (1938) | ![]() |
1,323 | |
Cragpool (1928) | ![]() |
5,133 | |
Essex Lance (1918) | ![]() |
6,625 | Damaged by U-165 |
Inger Elizabeth (1920) | ![]() |
2,166 | Sunk by U-517 |
Janeta (1929) | ![]() |
4,312 | |
Joannis (1909) | ![]() |
3,667 | Sunk by U-165 |
Katiingo Hadjipatera (1913) | ![]() |
3.661 | |
Llangollen (1928) | ![]() |
5,056 | |
North Brook (1919) | ![]() |
2,373 | |
Pan York (1901) | ![]() |
4,750 | Damaged by U-165 |
Peterston (1925) | ![]() |
4,680 | |
Picotee (1913) | ![]() |
4,307 | |
Rolf Jarl (1920) | ![]() |
1,917 | |
Royalite (1916) | ![]() |
2,052 | |
HMS Salisbury (1919) | ![]() |
1,090 | Escort 12–16 September |
Saturnus (1909) | ![]() |
4,307 | Sunk by U-517 |
Solhavn (1918) | ![]() |
1,630 | |
Trenora | |||
HMCS Vegreville (1941) | ![]() |
672 | Escort 12–16 September |
Winha (1904) | ![]() |
3,391 | |
Yildum (1913) | ![]() |
3,731 | |
References
Bibliography
- Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
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