Convoy SC 19 was the 19th of the numbered series of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
Slow Convoys of merchant ships from
Sydney,
Cape Breton Island to
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
. The trade
convoy left
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The ...
on 12 January 1941 and was found by U-boats of the
7th U-boat Flotilla on 29 January. Seven ships were sunk before the convoy reached Liverpool on 2 February.
[Rohwer & Hummelchen p.48]
Ships in the convoy
Allied merchant ships
A total of 28 merchant vessels joined the slow convoy, composed of ships making 8 knots or less.
Convoy escorts
A series of armed military ships escorted the convoy at various times during its journey.
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References
Bibliography
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External links
SC.19 at convoyweb
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Naval battles of World War II involving Canada
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