Convoy SC 20

Convoy SC.20
Part of World War II
Date 22 January 1941 – 8 February 1941 Location North Sea
Belligerents
Germany	Royal Canadian Navy United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz
Strength
~3 U-boats	48 merchant ships 7 escorts
Casualties and losses
	5 ships sunk 1 Damaged

Convoy SC 20 was the 20th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The trade convoy left Halifax on 22 January 1941^[1] and was found by U-boats of the 2nd and 9th Flotillas, operating from Lorient and Brest, respectively. Five ships were sunk before the convoy reached Liverpool on 8 February.^[2]