Convoy SC 100
Convoy SC 100 was the 100th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The convoy departed Halifax on 12 September 1942 and was joined on 16 September[1] by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group A-3. The convoy had been scattered by an equinoctial storm when U-boats found it on 18 September. The ships of Group A-3 were not fast enough to catch surfaced U-boats;[2] and the U-boats sank five scattered ships before losing contact on 25 September.[3] Surviving ships reached Liverpool on 28 September.[4]
Convoy SC.100 | |||||
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Part of World War II | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||
Admiral Karl Dönitz |
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Strength | |||||
17 U-boats |
26 merchant ships 21 escorts | ||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
5 ships sunk |
Escorts
The convoy was escorted by the following allied warships:-
- HMCS Bittersweet, HMCS Kenogami, HMCS Louisburg, HMCS Lunenburg, HMCS Matapedia, HMCS Mayflower, HMCS Moose Jaw, HMS Nasturtium, HMCS Prescott, HMCS Rosthern, HMCS Trillium, HMCS Weyburn, HMCS Woodstock.
- Grom-class destroyer ORP Błyskawica, and Town-class destroyer HMCS Niagara
- HMT Kingston Beryl
- HMS Rother
- HMS Narvik
U-boats
The convoy was attacked by both Wolfpack Lohs comprising 9 U-boats, and 8 U-boats from Wolfpack Pfeil, namely
Wolfpack Lohs
- U-135 – Kapitänleutnant Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius[5]
- U-176 – Kapitänleutnant Reiner Dierksen[6]
- U-259 – Kapitänleutnant Klaus Köpke[7]
- U-373 – Kapitänleutnant Paul-Karl Loeser[8]
- U-410 – Kapitänleutnant Kurt Sturm[9]
- U-432 – Kapitänleutnant Heinz-Otto Schultze[10]
- U-569 – Kapitänleutnant Hans-Peter Hinsch[11]
- U-599 – Kapitänleutnant Wolfgang Breithaupt[12]
- U-755 – Kapitänleutnant Walter Göing[13]
Wolfpack Pfeil
- U-216 – Kapitänleutnant Karl-Otto Schultz[14]
- U-221 – Kapitänleutnant Hans-Hartwig Trojer[15]
- U-258 – Kapitänleutnant Wilhelm von Mässenhausen[16]
- U-356 – Kapitänleutnant Georg Wallas[17]
- U-595 – Kapitänleutnant Jürgen Quaet-Faslem[18]
- U-607 – Kapitänleutnant Ernst Mengersen[19]
- U-615 – Kapitänleutnant Ralph Kapitzky[20]
- U-617 – Kapitänleutnant Albrecht Brandi[21]
Order of battle[1]
Allied merchant ships
Name[1] | Flag | Casualties | Tonnage (GRT) | Cargo | Fate | Notes |
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Ary Lensen | 3,214 | Sugar | ||||
Athelsultan | 51 | 8,882 | Molasses, alcohol | Sunk by U-617[22] on 23 September SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland. | Convoy commodore's ship, Capt N H Gale DSO Rd RNR. Survivors picked up by HMCS Weyburn and HMS Nasturtium and landed at Londonderry Port. | |
Atland | 5,203 | Wabana iron ore | ||||
Atlantic | 5,414 | Steel, lumber | ||||
Belgian Fisherman | 4,714 | General cargo | ||||
Boris | 5,166 | Wabana iron ore | ||||
Dux | 1,590 | Lumber | ||||
Empire Guinevere | 7,072 | Steel and tobacco | ||||
Empire Hartebeeste | 0 | 5,676 | General cargo | Sunk by U-596[23] on 20 September SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland. | ||
Empire Opal | 9,811 | Benzene, paraffin | ||||
Empire Razorbill | 5,118 | Steel, tobacco | ||||
Empire Soldier | 4,539 | General cargo | ||||
Empire Stour | 4,696 | General cargo | ||||
Esturia | 6,968 | Fuel oil | ||||
Greylock | 7,460 | General cargo | ||||
Gunvor Maersk | 1,977 | Sydney lumber | ||||
Innesmoor | 4,392 | General cargo | ||||
Mount Evans | 5,598 | General cargo | ||||
Norhauk | 6,086 | General cargo | Rescued crew from Empire Hartebeeste | |||
Panama | 6,650 | Sugar | ||||
Pennmar | 2 | 5,868 | General cargo | Straggled and was sunk by U-432[24] on 24 September. | Survivors picked up by USCGC Bibb | |
Rio Verde | 3,223 | General cargo | ||||
Roumanie | 42 | 3,658 | General cargo | Straggled and was sunk by U-617[25] on 24 September. | Sole survivor was picked up by U-617 as a PoW and landed at St Nazaire. | |
Spurt | 2,061 | Lumber | Turned back | |||
Tennessee | 15 | 2,342 | Sydney grain | Straggled and sunk by U-617[26] on 23 September SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland. | Survivors picked up by HMS Nasturtium and USCGC Ingham | |
Tore Jarl | 1,514 | Lumber |
Convoy escorts
Name | Flag | Type | Joined | Left |
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HMCS Bittersweet | Flower-class corvette | 16 September 1942 | 28 September 1942 | |
ORP Błyskawica | Grom-class destroyer | 16 September 1942 | 26 September 1942 | |
USCGC Campbell | Treasury-class cutter | 16 September 1942 | 16 September 1942 | |
HMS Deptford | Grimsby-class sloop | 25 September 1942 | 25 September 1942 | |
HMCS Kenogami | Flower-class corvette | 12 September 1942 | 26 September 1942 | |
HMT Kingston Beryl | ASW Naval trawler | 27 September 1942 | 27 September 1942 | |
HMCS Louisburg | Flower-class corvette | 21 September 1942 | 26 September 1942 | |
HMCS Lunenburg | Flower-class corvette | 21 September 1942 | 27 September 1942 | |
HMCS Matapedia | Flower-class corvette | 12 September 1942 | 16 September 1942 | |
HMCS Mayflower | Flower-class corvette | 16 September 1942 | 28 September 1942 | |
HMCS Moose Jaw | Flower-class corvette | 12 September 1942 | 16 September 1942 | |
HMS Narvik | Landing Ship, Tank | 27 September 1942 | 28 September 1942 | |
HMS Nasturtium | Flower-class corvette | 16 September 1942 | 27 September 1942 | |
HMCS Niagara | Town-class destroyer | 12 September 1942 | 16 September 1942 | |
HMCS Prescott | Flower-class corvette | 21 September 1942 | 26 September 1942 | |
HMCS Rosthern | Flower-class corvette | 25 September 1942 | 25 September 1942 | |
HMS Rother | River-class frigate | 25 September 1942 | 25 September 1942 | |
USCGC Spencer | Treasury-class cutter | 16 September 1942 | 16 September 1942 | |
HMCS Trillium | Flower-class corvette | 15 September 1942 | 28 September 1942 | |
HMCS Weyburn | Flower-class corvette | 16 September 1942 | 27 September 1942 | |
HMCS Woodstock | Flower-class corvette | 21 September 1942 | 26 September 1942 |
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References
- "Convoy SC.100". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- Willoughby, p.198
- Rohwer & Hummelchen, pp.144&162
- Hague 2000, pp. 133–135.
- "Friedrich-Hermann Praetorius". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Reiner Dierksen". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Klaus Köpke". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Paul-Karl Loeser". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Kurt Sturm". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Heinz-Otto Schultze". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Hans-Peter Hinsch". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Wolfgang Breithaupt". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Walter Göing". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Karl-Otto Schultz". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Hans-Hartwig Trojer". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Wilhelm von Mässenhausen". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Georg Wallas". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Jürgen Quaet-Faslem". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Ernst Mengersen". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Ralph Kapitzky". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Albrecht Brandi". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Athelsultan – British motor tanker". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Empire Hartebeeste – British steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Pennmar – American steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Roumanie – Belgian steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- "Tennessee – British steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
Bibliography
- Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Rohwer, J.; Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.
- Willoughby, Malcolm F. The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II (1957) United States Naval Institute
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