Convoy SL 78

Convoy SL.78
Part of World War II
Date 18 June 1941 – 12 July 1941 Location North Atlantic
Belligerents
Germany	Royal Norwegian Navy  Royal Navy
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz	Vice-Admiral G T C P Swabey CB DSO
Strength
~4 U-boats	26 merchant ships 19 escorts
Casualties and losses
	8 merchants sunk

Convoy SL 78 was the 78th 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 traveled independently to Freetown to be convoyed for the last leg of their voyage. Twenty-five merchant ships departed Freetown on 18 June 1941.^[1] U-boats sank eight ships before the convoy reached Liverpool on 12 July.^[2]