Convoy SC 19
{{short description|Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Convoy SC.19
| partof = World War II
| date = 12 January – 2 February 1941
| place = North Sea
|result=German victory
| combatant1 = {{navy|Nazi Germany}}
| combatant2 = {{naval|Canada|1911}}
{{navy|UK}}
| commander1 = Admiral Karl Dönitz
| commander2 =
| strength1 = ~4 U-boats
| strength2 = 28 merchant ships
11 escorts (9 during attack)
| casualties1 =
| casualties2 = 7 ships sunk
}}
{{Campaignbox Atlantic Campaign}}
Convoy SC 19 was the 19th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The trade convoy left Halifax, Nova Scotia on 12 January 1941Hague pp.133&134 and was found by U-boats of the 7th U-boat Flotilla on 29 January. Seven ships were sunk before the convoy reached Liverpool on 2 February.Rohwer & Hummelchen p.48{{toclimit|2}}
Ships in the convoy
=Allied merchant ships=
A total of 28 merchant vessels joined the slow convoy, composed of ships making 8 knots or less.{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/sc/index.html|title=Convoy SC.19|publisher=Arnold Hague Convoy Database|accessdate=29 October 2013}}
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" width="180px" |Name
! scope="col" width="150px" |Flag ! scope="col" width="30px" |Tonnage (GRT) ! scope="col" width="400px" |Notes |
|---|
| {{no2}}
|align="left"|Aikaterini (1913) |align="left"|{{flagcountry|Greece}} |align="right"|4,929 |align="left"|1 dead. 30 survivors. Sunk by {{GS|U-93|1940|2}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/745.html|title=Aikaterini – Greek Steam merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=29 October 2013}} |
| align="left"|Baltara (1918)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|3,292 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Barrhill (1912)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|4,972 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Basil (1928)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|4,913 |align="left"|Commodore: Capt R Gill CBE Rd RNR |
| align="left"|Brynhild (1907)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|2,195 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Carperby (1928)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|4,890 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Culebra (1919)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|3,044 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Dimitrios Chandris (1910)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Greece}} |align="right"|4,643 |align="left"|Returned, must Dry-Dock |
| {{no2}}
|align="left"|Grelrosa (1914) |align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|4,574 |align="left"|Straggled, bombed & sunk by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft |
| {{no2}}
|align="left"|King Robert (1920) |align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|5,886 |align="left"|Sunk by {{GS|U-93|1940|2}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/746.html|title=King Robert – British Steam merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=29 October 2013}} |
| align="left"|Kul (1907)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Norway}} |align="right"|1,310 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Kyriakoula (1918)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Greece}} |align="right"|4,340 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Merchant Royal (1928)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|5,008 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Penhale (1924)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|4,071 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Rockpool (1927)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|4,892 |align="left"|Wrecked, then salved and became Empire Trent |
| {{no2}}
|align="left"|Rushpool (1928) |align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|5,125 |align="left"|Straggled and sunk by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/748.html|title=Rushpool – British Steam merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=29 October 2013}} |
| align="left"|Ruth I
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Norway}} |align="right"|3,531 |align="left"| |
| {{no2}}
|align="left"|Sesostris (1915) |align="left"|{{flagcountry|Egypt}} |align="right"|2,962 |align="left"|Straggled and sunk by {{GS|U-106|1940|2}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/740.html|title=Sesostris – Egyptian Steam merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=29 October 2013}} |
| align="left"|Shirvan (1925)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|6,017 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Snar (1920)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Norway}} |align="right"|3,176 |align="left"|Ashore, re-floated, beached Bannatyne Cove |
| align="left"|Stad Arnhem (1920)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Netherlands}} |align="right"|3,819 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Tovelil (1925)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|2,225 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Varanger (1925)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Norway}} |align="right"|9,305 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Vestland (1916)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Norway}} |align="right"|1,934 |align="left"| |
| align="left"|Vigsnes (1930)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|Norway}} |align="right"|1,599 |align="left"| |
| {{no2}}
|align="left"|W B Walker (1935) |align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|10,468 |align="left"|Sunk by {{GS|U-93|1940|2}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/747.html|title=W B Walker – British Motor tanker|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=29 October 2013}} |
| {{no2}}
|align="left"|West Wales (1925) |align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|4,353 |align="left"|Sunk by {{GS|U-94|1940|2}}{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/744.html|title=West Wales – British Steam merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=29 October 2013}} after convoy had scattered |
| align="left"|Winkleigh (1940)
|align="left"|{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} |align="right"|5,468 |align="left"| |
=Convoy escorts=
A series of armed military ships escorted the convoy at various times during its journey.
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" width="150px" |Name
! scope="col" width="150px" |Flag ! width="200px" |Type ! width="80px" |Joined ! width="80px" |Left |
|---|
| align="left"|{{HMS|Antelope|H36|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}} |align="left"|A-class destroyer |align="right"|27 Jan 1941 |align="right"|31 Jan 1941 |
| align="left"|{{HMS|Anthony|H40|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}} |align="left"|A-class destroyer |align="right"|27 Jan 1941 |align="right"|31 Jan 1941 |
| align="left"|{{HMCS|Arrowhead|K145|6}}
|align="left"|{{naval|Canada|1911}} |align="left"|{{sclass2|Flower|corvette|1}} |align="right"|12 Jan 1941 |align="right"|12 Jan 1941 |
| align="left"|HMS Aurania
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}} |align="left"|Armed merchant cruiser |align="right"|12 Jan 1941 |align="right"|26 Jan 1941 |
| align="left"|{{HMS|Heather|K69|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}} |align="left"|{{sclass2|Flower|corvette|1}} |align="right"|26 Jan 1941 |align="right"|1 Feb 1941 |
| align="left"|{{HMS|Jackal|F22|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}} |align="left"|J-class destroyer |align="right"|29 Jan 1941 |align="right"|29 Jan 1941 |
| align="left"|HMS/HMT Lady Madeleine
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}} |align="left"|ASW (anti-submarine warfare) trawler |align="right"|26 Jan 1941 |align="right"|31 Jan 1941 |
| align="left"|HMS Pegasus
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}} |align="left"|Seaplane tender/prototype fighter catapult ship |align="right"|26 Jan 1941 |align="right"|31 Jan 1941 |
| align="left"|{{HMS|Picotee|K63|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}} |align="left"|{{sclass2|Flower|corvette|1}} |align="right"|26 Jan 1941 |align="right"|01 Feb 1941 |
| align="left"| {{HMS|Sardonyx|1919|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}} |align="left"|Admiralty S-class destroyer |align="right"|29 Jan 1941 |align="right"|30 Jan 1941 |
| align="left"|{{HMS|Scimitar|H21|6}}
|align="left"|{{navy|UKGBI}} |align="left"|Admiralty S-class destroyer |align="right"|29 Jan 1941 |align="right"|30 Jan 1941 |
References
{{reflist|30em}}
Bibliography
- {{cite book
| last = Hague
| first = Arnold
| title = The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945
| year = 2000
| isbn = 1-86176-147-3
| ref = {{sfnRef|Hague}}
}}
- {{cite book| title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945 |author1=Rohwer, J. |author2=Hummelchen, G. |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1992 |isbn=1-55750-105-X}}
External links
- [http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/sc/index.html?tag.php?convoy=19!~tagmain SC.19 at convoyweb]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Convoy SC 019}}