Convoy SC 67

Convoy SC 67
Part of World War II
Date30 January – 15 February 1942
Location
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Germany Canada Canada
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz Capt E Rees DSC RD RNR
Strength
28 merchant ships
13 escorts
Casualties and losses
1 merchant ship sunk
1 warship sunk

Convoy SC 67 was the 67th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool.[1] The convoy left Halifax on 30 January 1942 and picked up a tran-Atlantic escort in Newfoundland. This marked the start of the allied end-to-end convoy escort system, which remained in effect until the end of the war. The convoy was found by U-591 on 10 February, and attacked by U-136 of 6th U-boat Flotilla, operating out of St Nazaire. Surviving ships reached Liverpool on 15 February.[2]

  1. ^ Hague, pp.133
  2. ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.119

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