Convoy SC 67

Convoy SC.67 Part of World War II Date 30 January – 15 February 1942 Location North Atlantic Belligerents Germany United Kingdom Commanders and leaders Admiral Karl Dönitz Capt E Rees DSC RD RNR Strength 28 merchant ships 13 escorts Casualties and losses 1 ship sunk

Atlantic Campaign America Northern Barrage Caribbean St. Lawrence Gibraltar Timeline River Plate 1st Happy Time HX 72 SC 7 HX 79 HX 84 HX 90 SC 19 Berlin HX 106 HG 53 OB 293 HX 112 4 April 1941 OB 318 HX 126 Denmark Strait Bismarck OG 69 OG 71 SC 42 HG 73 SC 48 HG 76 2nd Happy Time Torpedo Alley Neuland ON 67 27 March 1942 OG 82 6 June 1942 HG 84 SL 78 QS 15 SC 94 ON 122 QS 33 ON 127 Laconia SC 100 SC 104 HX 212 SL 125 SC 107 Casablanca ON 144 ON 154 TM 1 SG 19 SC 118 ON 166 UC 1 SC 121 HX 228 UGS 6 HX 229/SC 122 Black May ONS 5 SC 129 SC 130 ONS 18/ON 202 SC 143 ONS 20/ON 206 Sept-Îles SL 138/MKS 28 SL 139/MKS 30 SL 140/MKS 31 Stonewall Bay of Biscay Lyme Bay 26 April 1944 13 May 1944 Capture of U-505 HX 300 WEP 3 BX 141 Teardrop

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]

Ships in the convoy^[3]

Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT)	Notes
Atlanticos (1919)	Greece	5,446
Belgique (1902)	Belgium	4,606
Biafra (1933)	United Kingdom	5,405	Capt E Rees DSC RD RNR (Commodore)
Brynymor (1936)	United Kingdom	4,771
HMCS Chilliwack (K131)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 30 Jan – 11 Feb Corvette
Clunepark (1928)	United Kingdom	3,491
HMCS Dauphin (K157)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 02 Feb – 12 Feb Corvette
HMCS Dunvegan (K177)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 30 Jan – 02 Feb Corvette
Empire Beaver (1919)	United Kingdom	6,036	Returned
Empire Leopard (1917)	United Kingdom	5,676
Empire Livingstone (1941)	United Kingdom	6,997
Empire Zephyr (1941)	United Kingdom	6,327
HMS Gentian (K90)	Royal Navy		Escort 11 Feb – 14 Feb Corvette
Graiglas (1940)	United Kingdom	4,312	Vice Commodore
Hallanger (1928)	Norway	9,551
HMCS Hamilton (I24)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 30 Jan – 02 Feb Destroyer
Heina (1925)	Norway	4,028	Sunk by U-136.[4] There were no dead
HMS Honeysuckle (K27)	Royal Navy		Escort 11 Feb – 15 Feb Corvette
Lagarfoss (1904)	Iceland	1,211	Oban
HMCS Lethbridge (K160)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 08 Feb – 11 Feb Corvette
Loriga (1919)	United Kingdom	6,665
HMCS Louisburg (K143)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 02 Feb – 11 Feb Corvette
Mana (1920)	Honduras	3,283	Returned
Montreal City (1920)	United Kingdom	3,066
Mount Taurus (1920)	Greece	6,696
HMCS Nipigon (J154)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 30 Jan – 02 Feb Minesweeper
Ozark (1919)	United States	2,689	Iceland
Penolver (1912)	United Kingdom	3,721
Ruth I	Norway	3,531
HMCS Saskatoon (K158)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 30 Jan – 02 Feb Corvette
HMCS Shediac (K110)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 02 Feb – 11 Feb Corvette
Sirehei (1907)	Norway	3,888
Spero (1919)	Norway	3,619	Returned
HMCS Spikenard (K198)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 02 Feb – 10 Feb Corvette
HNoMS St. Albans	Royal Norwegian Navy		Escort 11 Feb – 13 Feb Destroyer
Stone Street (1922)	Panama	6,131
Stornest (1921)	United Kingdom	4,265
Tintagel (1923)	United States	2,972	Collision. Towed to St John’s by Rescue Tug HMS Prudent
Titanian (1924)	Norway	4,880
Tore Jarl (1920)	Norway	1,514	Put Back
Wisla (1928)	Poland	3,106

References

Bibliography

• Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3. 
• Rohwer, J.; Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X. 

External links

• SC.67 at convoyweb