Convoy SL 125

Convoy
Part of World War II
Date 16–30 October 1942 Location North Atlantic Result German victory
Belligerents
Kriegsmarine	Royal Navy
Strength
12 U-boats	42 merchant ships
Casualties and losses
	12 merchant ships sunk

Convoy SL 125 was the 125th of the numbered series of World War II SL convoys of merchant ships from Sierra Leone to Liverpool. Ships carrying commodities bound to the British Isles from South America, Africa, and the Indian Ocean travelled independently to Freetown, Sierra Leone, to be convoyed for the last leg of their voyage.^[1] Thirty-seven merchant ships departed Freetown on 16 October 1942 and were joined at sea by five more.^[2]