Convoy SC 104

Convoy SC 104
	Part of World War II
	; HMS Fame (September 1942)
Date	12–16 October 1942
Location	North Atlantic
Result	German victory
Belligerents
Germany	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
CinC:Admiral Karl Dönitz	Commodore: CAPT F H Taylor RN ; Escort: CDR R Heathcote
Strength
8 U-boats	48 freighters ; 2 destroyers ; 4 corvettes
Casualties and losses
2 U-boats sunk ; 2 U-boats damaged ; 50 dead	8 freighters sunk ; 2 destroyers damaged ; 216 dead

Convoy SC 104 was the 104th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. During October 1942, a U-boat wolf pack sank eight ships from the convoy. The convoy escorts sank two of the attacking submarines.

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