Convoy FS 271

Convoy FS 271
Part of The Second World War

Map of the North Sea
Date3–5 September 1940
Location
Belligerents
Germany United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Karl Dönitz
Strength
~4 E-Boats 35 merchant ships
Casualties and losses
5 ships sunk
1 damaged

Convoy FS 271 was a North Sea convoy of the FS series (Forth South) to the Thames, which ran during the Second World War from Methil, Fife on the Firth of Forth on the east coast of Scotland to Southend-on-Sea on the Thames, from 3 to 5 September 1940. The convoy was ambushed by German E-boats on the night of 4 September, which sank five ships and damaged one more for no loss.


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