Convoy OB 318

OB 318 was a North Atlantic convoy which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. During Operation Primrose Royal Navy convoy escorts HMS Bulldog, Broadway and Aubrietia captured U-110 with an intact Enigma machine and a wealth of signals intelligence, which led to the Allied breakthrough into cracking the German naval Enigma code.

Convoy OB 318
Part of Battle of the Atlantic

U-110 and HMS Bulldog
Date7–10 May 1941
Location
Atlantic Ocean, South of Iceland
Result British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom Germany
Commanders and leaders
Convoy Commodore: WB MacKenzie RNR
Escort: Cdr AJB Baker-Cresswell
Boarding Party: Sub-Lt. David Balme		 Admiral Karl Dönitz
Strength
40 freighters
3 Destroyers
3 Corvettes
2 Naval trawlers		 4 submarines
Casualties and losses
7 freighters sunk (35,315 GRT)
40 killed/drowned
2 freighters damaged		 1 submarine captured
14 killed/drowned
32 captured
2 submarines damaged
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