Convoy SQ-36

Convoy SQ 36
Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the St. Lawrence
Date 12-16 September 1942 Location St. Lawrence River
Belligerents
Nazi Germany	Canada United Kingdom Greece Norway United States Netherlands Finland
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
Agios Georgios (1911)	Greece	4,248
Anna (1897)	Finland	1,043
HMCS Arrowhead (1940)	Royal Canadian Navy	358	Escort 12–16 September
Askot (1938)	Norway	1,323
Cragpool (1928)	United Kingdom	5,133
Essex Lance (1918)	United Kingdom	6,625	Damaged by U-165
Inger Elizabeth (1920)	Norway	2,166	Sunk by U-517
Janeta (1929)	United Kingdom	4,312
Joannis (1909)	Greece	3,667	Sunk by U-165
Katiingo Hadjipatera (1913)	Greece	3.661
Llangollen (1928)	United Kingdom	5,056
North Brook (1919)	United Kingdom	2,373
Pan York (1901)	United States	4,750	Damaged by U-165
Peterston (1925)	United Kingdom	4,680
Picotee (1913)	United Kingdom	4,307
Rolf Jarl (1920)	Norway	1,917
Royalite (1916)	United Kingdom	2,052
HMS Salisbury (1919)	Royal Navy	1,090	Escort 12–16 September
Saturnus (1909)	Netherlands	4,307	Sunk by U-517
Solhavn (1918)	Norway	1,630
Trenora
HMCS Vegreville (1941)	Royal Canadian Navy	672	Escort 12–16 September
Winha (1904)	United Kingdom	3,391
Yildum (1913)	United Kingdom	3,731

References

1. "Convoy". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

Bibliography

• Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.

External links

• The story of SQ-36 at veterans.gc.ca

See also

• No. 113 Squadron RCAF