Convoy SC-94

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Convoy SC-94 was the 94th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool.[1] Thirty ships departed Sydney on 31 July 1942;[2] and were met by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group C-1 consisting of the Canadian River class destroyer Assiniboine with Flower class corvettes Battleford, Chilliwack, Dianthus, Nasturtium, Orillia, and Primrose.[3] U-593 reported the convoy on 5 August and torpedoed the 3616-ton Dutch freighter Spar.[4] Assiniboine sank U-210 on 6 August.[5]

U-379 torpedoed the 2537-ton British freighter Anneberg and the 6367 ton American freighter Kaimoku on the afternoon of 8 August while U-176 torpedoed the 3956-ton British freighter Kelso, the 4817-ton British freighter Trehata, and the 7914-ton Greek freighter Mount Kassion.[6] Three undamaged ships were abandoned in the resulting panic.[7] One of them, the 3701-ton British freighter Radchurch, was later torpedoed by U-176.[8] Forty-one merchant sailors were lost with 3000 tons of steel, 3000 tons of food, 3200 tons of wood pulp, 2000 tons of ammunition, and 16218 tons of general cargo, iron ore, and Army stores.[9] Thornycroft type flotilla leader Broke and the Polish destroyer Blyskawica arrived to reinforce the escort as Dianthus left the convoy to repair damage incurred while ramming and sinking U-379.[10]

U-438 torpedoed 4439-ton Greek freighter Condylis during daylight on 10 August while U-660 torpedoed the 3807-ton British freighter Cape Race, the 6259 ton British freighter Empire Reindeer, and the 6008-ton British freighter Oregon.[11] Twenty merchant sailors were lost with 1040 tons of steel, 3979 tons of lumber, 14057 tons of general cargo, and 6924 tons of grain and trucks.[12] The remainder of the convoy reached Liverpool on 13 August.[13]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Hague 2000 p.133
  2. ^ Hague 2000 p.135
  3. ^ Milner 1985 p.285
  4. ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.153
  5. ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.153
  6. ^ Hague 2000 p.137
  7. ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.153
  8. ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.153
  9. ^ Hague 2000 p.137
  10. ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.153
  11. ^ Hague 2000 p.137
  12. ^ Hague 2000 p.137
  13. ^ Hague 2000 p.133

[edit] References

  • Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-019-3. 
  • Milner, Marc (1985). North Atlantic Run. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-450-0. 
  • Rohwer, J. and Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.