Event
Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War
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 1941 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.
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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 1941 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.
A total of 28 merchant vessels joined the slow convoy, composed of ships making 8 knots or less.
A series of armed military ships escorted the convoy at various times during its journey.
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