Convoy SC 2 - warsailors.com (original) (raw)

CONVOY SC 2 Departed Sydney, C.B. on Aug. 25-1940 and arrived Liverpool on Sept. 10.
Arnold Hague's "The Allied Convoy System" gives 53 ships in this convoy.

Notes:
Commodore was in Harpoon, Vice Commodore in Yorkmoor.

Commodore's name and notes are not available.

Ships sunk (dates are according to German time):
Neptunian, on a voyage from Santiago for Liverpool with 8500 tons of sugar was sunk by U-47 on Sept. 7. All 36 on board died. (Not included in "Lloyd's War Losses")

On the same day U-47 sank José de Larrinaga, on a voyage from New York for Newport with a cargo of 5303 tons of steel and linseed oil. According to Uboat.net she had a complement of 40 - there were no survivors. (Not included in "Lloyd's War Losses").

The Norwegian Gro was also sunk on Sept. 7 by U-47 - see my page about Gro for more details.

Possidon, on a voyage from New Orleans for Glasgow with 5410 tons of sulphur phosphate was sunk by U-47 on Sept. 9. 17 died, number of survivors not given by "Lloyd's War Losses".

Mardinian, on a voyage from Trinidad for Methil and London with a cargo of 3500 tons of pitch, was sunk by U-28 on Sept. 9. She had a crew of 37, including 1 gunner - 6 crew missing (numbers vary according to source).

The convoy arrived rendezvous on Sept. 7.

Escorts (extracted from this list of SC convoy escorts, based on Arnold Hague's database, received from D. Kindell; dates are European style, day/month/year):
Apollo - From 07/09/40 to 10/09/40
Berwickshire - From 07/09/40 to 10/09/40
Lowestoft - From 07/09/40 to 10/09/40
Periwinkle - From 07/09/40 to 08/09/40
Reindeer - From 25/08/40 to 25/08/40
Scarborough - From 25/08/40 to 09/09/40
Scimitar - From 09/09/40 to 10/09/40
Skeena - From 07/09/40 to 08/09/40
Westcott - From 07/09/40 to 11/09/40

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