| Conflict: | Convoy SC.20 |
| Partof: | World War II |
| Date: | 22 January 1941 – 8 February 1941 |
| Place: | North Sea |
| Combatant1: | Germany |
| Combatant2: |  United Kingdom |
| Commander1: | Admiral Karl Dönitz |
| Strength1: | ~3 U-boats |
| Strength2: | 48 merchant ships 7 escorts |
| Casualties2: | 5 ships sunk 1 Damaged |
Convoy SC 20 was the 20th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The trade convoy left Halifax on 22 January 1941[1] and was found by U-boats of the 2nd and 9th Flotillas, operating from Lorient and Brest, respectively. Five ships were sunk before the convoy reached Liverpool on 8 February.[2]
| Name[3] | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcor (1920) |  | 3,526 | |
| Allende (1928) | 5,081 | ||
| Escort 4 Feb - 8 Feb Corvette | |||
| Baron Ogilvy (1926) | 3,391 | ||
| Baron Yarborough (1928) | 3,388 | ||
| Bernhard (1924) |  | 3,563 | Returned with engine defects and a sick man |
| Biafra (1933) | 5,405 | ||
| Blairesk (1925) | 3,300 | ||
| Calafatis (1917) |  | 4,443 | Romped and sunk by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 naval bomber, of I./KG.40, with the loss of 18 of her 31 crew[4] |
| Escort 4 Feb - 8 Feb Corvette | |||
| Cape Corso (1929) | 3,807 | ||
| Copeland (1923) | 1,526 | Rescue ship | |
| Coryton (1928) | 4,553 | ||
| Coultarn (1938) | 3,759 | ||
| Dione II (1936) | 2,660 | Romped and sunk by [5] on 4 Feb | |
| Einar Jarl (1921) | | 1,858 | |
| Emmy (1914) | | 3,895 | Returned |
| Empire Engineer (1921) | 5,358 | Straggled and sunk by [6] On 4 Feb | |
| HMS Erica | Escort 4 Feb - 08 Feb | ||
| Evviva (1921) | | 1,597 | Returned |
| Flensburg (1922) | | 6,421 | |
| Flowergate (1911) | 5,161 | Arrived with furnace defects | |
| Fylingdale (1924) | 3,918 | ||
| Hadleigh (1930) | 5,222 | ||
| Escort 4 Feb - 8 Feb Destroyer | |||
| Ila (1939) | | 1,583 | Returned |
| Inger Toft (1920) | 2,190 | ||
| Ingertre (1921) | | 2,462 | |
| Ioannis M Embiricos (1934) | | 3,734 | Bombed and sunk northwest of Ireland, by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 naval bomber, of I./KG.40[7] She was en route from Montreal to Preston with lumber. |
| Kordecki (1930) |  | 1,975 | Returned |
| Lars Kruse (1923) | 1,807 | ||
| Lylepark (1929) | 5,186 | Returned | |
| Maclaren (1915) | 2,350 | Wrecked, salvaged, repaired | |
| Manchester Division (1918) | 6,048 | ||
| Maplecourt (1894) |  | 3,388 | Sunk by [8] On 4 Feb |
| Maplewood (1930) | 4,566 | Capt A G Maundrell (Commodore) | |
| Mathilda (1920) | | 3,650 | |
| Milcrest (1919) | 5,283 | ||
| Myson (1927) |  | 4,564 | |
| Narocz (1915) | | 1,795 | Returned |
| Escort 22 Jan - 23 Jan Armed yacht | |||
| HMS Philante | Escort 4 Feb - 8 Feb Armed yacht, acting as convoy escort vessel | ||
| Pilar De Larrinaga (1918) | 7,046 | ||
| Pontypridd (1924) | 4,458 | ||
| Quistconck (1918) | 5,144 | ||
| Ranella (1912) | | 5,590 | Straggler from BHX 104 |
| HMS Ranpura | Escort 22 Jan - 4 Feb Armed merchant cruiser | ||
| Rolf Jarl (1920) | | 1,917 | |
| Rozenburg (1918) | | 2,068 | Returned |
| Selbo (1921) | | 1,778 | |
| Sevill (1921) | 1,383 | ||
| Sinnington Court (1928) | 6,910 | Returned | |
| Telesfora De Larrinaga (1920) | 5,780 | ||
| Trident (1917) | 4,317 | ||
| Willesden (1925) | 4,563 | ||