Convoy SC 118
Convoy SC 118 was the 118th of the numbered series of World War II slow convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island, to Liverpool. The ships departed New York City on 24 January 1943 and were met by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group B-2 consisting of V-class destroyers Vanessa and Vimy, the Treasury-class cutter Bibb, the Town-class destroyer Beverley, Flower-class corvettes Campanula, Mignonette, Abelia and Lobelia, and the convoy rescue ship Toward.
Convoy SC 118 | |||||||
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Part of Battle of the Atlantic | |||||||
USS Schenck at sea | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Kingdom Canada United States Free French | Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Captain H C C Forsyth RNR Commander Proudfoot RN | Admiral Karl Dönitz | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
64 freighters 5 destroyers 2 cutters 4 corvettes | 20 submarines | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
8 freighters sunk (51,592 GRT) 445 killed/drowned |
3 submarines sunk 101 killed/drowned 45 captured |
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