Convoys SG-6/LN-6

Convoy SG 6/LN 6
Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the St. Lawrence
Date 27–28 August 1942 Location Strait of Belle Isle
Belligerents
Germany	Canada United States
Commanders and leaders
Karl Dönitz Eberhard Hoffmann Paul Hartwig
Strength
2 U-boats	6 merchant ships 3 escorts/1 escort
Casualties and losses
	2 ships sunk 1 ship damaged

Convoy SG-6 was a supply convoy of merchant and troop ships during the Second World War. It was one of the numbered SG Convoys from Sydney to Greenland. The convoy was split into two groups, with Chatham being escorted by USCG Mojave in a formation coded SG-6F, while the remainder were with SG-6S. SG-6F was found and attacked on 27 September 1942 by U-517, sinking Chatham, while U-165 contacted SG-6S, sinking 1 ship and damaging another. Convoy LN-6, which was a supply convoy from Quebec City to Goose Bay, was nearby and its escort HMCS Trail broke off to conduct rescue operations.