Convoy SC 67 explained

Conflict:Convoy SC 67
Partof:World War II
Date:30 January – 15 February 1942
Place:North Atlantic
Combatant1: Germany
Combatant2: Canada
United Kingdom
Commander1:Admiral Karl Dönitz
Commander2:Capt E Rees DSC RD RNR
Strength2:28 merchant ships
13 escorts
Casualties2:1 merchant ship sunk
1 warship sunk

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 on 10 February, and attacked by of 6th U-boat Flotilla, operating out of St Nazaire. Surviving ships reached Liverpool on 15 February.[2]

Ships in the convoy

Merchants

Name[3] FlagTonnage (GRT)Notes
Atlanticos (1919)5,446
Belgique (1902)4,606
Biafra (1933)5,405Convoy commodore's ship, Capt E Rees DSC RD RNR
Brynymor (1936)4,771
Clunepark (1928)3,491
Empire Beaver (1919)6,036Returned
Empire Leopard (1917)5,676
Empire Livingstone (1941)6,997
Empire Zephyr (1941)6,327
Graiglas (1940)4,312Vice Commodore
Hallanger (1928)9,551
Heina (1925)4,028Sunk by .[4] All crew saved
Lagarfoss (1904)1,211Oban
Loriga (1919)6,665
Mana (1920)3,283Returned
Montreal City (1920)3,066
Mount Taurus (1920)6,696
Ozark (1919)2,689Iceland
Penolver (1912)3,721
Ruth I3,531
Sirehei (1907)3,888
Spero (1919)3,619Returned
Stone Street (1922)6,131
Stornest (1921)4,265
Tintagel (1923)2,972Collision. Towed to St John's by Rescue Tug HMS Prudent
Titanian (1924)4,880
Tore Jarl (1920)1,514Put Back
Wisla (1928)3,106

Escorts

NameFlagClass and typePeriodNotes
Flower-class corvette30 January – 11 February
Flower-class corvette2 February– 12 February
Flower-class corvette30 January – 2 February
Flower-class corvette11 February – 14 February
HMCS HamiltonTown-class destroyer30 January – 2 February
Flower-class corvette11 February – 15 February
Flower-class corvette8 February – 11 February
Flower-class corvette2 February – 11 February
Bangor-class minesweeper30 January – 2 February
Flower-class corvette30 January – 2 February
Flower-class corvette2 February – 11 February
Flower-class corvette2 February – 10 FebruarySunk by . 57 dead, 8 survivors.[5]
HNoMS St. AlbansTown-class destroyer11 February – 13 February

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Notes and References

  1. Hague, pp.133
  2. Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.119
  3. Web site: Convoy SC.67. Arnold Hague Convoy Database. 3 November 2013.
  4. Web site: Heina – Norwegian Motor merchant. www.uboat.net. 3 November 2013.
  5. Web site: HMCS Spikenard (K 198) – Canadian Corvette. www.uboat.net. 20 February 2018.