Convoy SC 42
Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Convoy SC 42 was the 42nd of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool.[1] SC 42 was attacked over a three night period in September 1941, losing 16 ships sunk and 4 damaged. This was the worst Allied loss following the attack on convoy SC 7 the previous year. Two attacking U-boats were destroyed.
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Admiral Karl Dönitz |
Comm: R Adm. WB Mackenzie SOE: Lt.Cmdr. JC Hibbard | ||||||
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Markgraf group 14 U-boats |
65 merchant ships 4 escorts | ||||||
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2 U-boats sunk |
16 merchant ships sunk (68,259 tons) 4 ships damaged (14,132 tons) |
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