Convoys HX-229/SC-122 order of battle

Convoys HX-229/SC-122 order of battle

This is the order of battle during the battle around convoys HX-229 and SC-122 from 16 to 20 March 1943.

Allied forces

Convoy HX-229

* "Abraham Lincoln" (flag), "Antar"
* "Belgian Gulf"
* "Canadian Star", "Cape Breton", "City of Agra", "Clan Matheson", "Coracero" "."
* "Daniel Webster"
* "El Mundo", "Elin K", "Empire Cavalier", "Empire Knight"
* "Fort Anne"
* "Gulfdisc"
* "Harry Luckenbach", "Hugh Williamson"
* "Irenee du Pont"
* "James Oglethorpe"
* "Jean"
* "Kaipara", "Kofresi"
* "Luculus"
* "Magdala", "Margaret Lykes", "Matthew Luckenbach"
* "Nariva", "Nebraska", "Nicania"
* "Pan Rhode Island"
* "Regent Panther", "Robert Howe"
* "San Veronico.", "Southern Princess", "Stephen C Foster"
* "Tekoa", "Terkoeli"
* "Walter Q Gresham", "William Eustis"
* "Zaanland"

Escort Group B-4

* Destroyers: "Volunteer"(SOE till 18th), "Beverley", "Witherington", "Mansfield", "Highlander" (SOE from 18th)

* Corvettes : "Anemone", "Pennywort", "Sherbrooke"

Convoy SC-122

* "Alcedo", "Alderamin", "Asbjorn", "Askeport", "Atland", "Aymeric"
* "Badjestan", "Baron Elgin", "Baron Semple", "Baron Stranraer", "Beaconoil", "Benedick","Bonita", "Boston City", "Bridgepool"
* "Carras","Carso", "Cartago", "Christian Holm", "Clarissa Radcliffe"
* "Dolius", "Drakepool"
* "Eastern Guide", "Empire Dunstan", "Empire Galahad", "Empire Horn", "Empire Summer", "English Monarch"
* "Filleigh", "Fjallfoss", "Fort Cedar Lake", "Franken"
* "Georgios P", "Glenapp" (flag), "Gloxinia", "Godafoss", "Granville", "Gudvor"
* "Helencrest", "Historian"
* "Innesmoor"
* "Livingston", "Losada", "LCT 305", "LCT 365"
* "McKeesport"
* "Ogmore Castle", "Orminster"
* "PLM 13", "Parkhaven", "Permian", "Polarland", "Porjus", "Port Auckland"
* "Reaveley"
* "Selfoss", "Sevilla", "Shirvan"
* "Vinriver", "Vistula"
* "Zamalek", "Zouave"

B-5 Escort Group

* Destroyers: "Havelock" (SOE), "Upshur"
* Frigate: "Swale"
* Corvettes: "Buttercup", "Godetia", "Lavender", "Pimpernel", "Saxifrage"
* Naval Trawler: "Campobello"

Re-inforcements

* Destroyers: "Babitt", "Vimy"
* Cutter: "Ingham"

Axis forces

Raubgraf

* "U-84" "U-89" "U-91"
* "U-435" "U-468"
* "U-600" "U-603" "U-615" "U-621" "U-635" "U-638" "U-653" "U-664"
* "U-758"

Sturmer

* "U-134" "U-190"
* "U-229"
* "U-305" "U-338" "U-384"
* "U-439"
* "U-523" "U-526" "U-527" "U-530" "U-598"
* "U-618" "U-631" "U-641" "U-642" "U-665" "U-666"

Dranger

* "U-86"
* "U-221"
* "U-333" "U-373"
* "U-406" "U-440"
* "U-590"
* "U-608" "U-610"

Bibliography

*Stephen Roskill : The War at Sea 1939-1945 Vol II (1956). ISBN (none)

*Dan van der Vat : The Atlantic Campaign (1988). ISBN 0 340 37751 8

*Arnold Hague : The Allied Convoy System 1939-1945 (2000). ISBN (Canada) 1 55125 033 0 .ISBN(UK) 1 86176 147 3

*Axel Neistle : German U-Boat Losses during World War II (1998). ISBN 1 85367 352 8

*Paul Kemp : U-Boats Destroyed ( 1997) ISBN 1 85409 515 3

External links

* [http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hx/index.html?hx.php?convoy=229!~hxmain HX 229 at convoyweb]
* [http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/sc/index.html SC 122 at convoyweb]
*http://uboat.net/ops/convoys/convoys.php?convoy=HX-229
*http://uboat.net/ops/convoys/convoys.php?convoy=SC-122


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