Convoy SC-130

Convoy SC-130

Convoy SC-130 was the 130th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. [Hague 2000 p.133] Thirty-seven ships departed Halifax Harbour on 11 May 1943; [Hague 2000 p.135] and were met by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group B-7 consisting of the D class leader "Duncan", the V and W class destroyer "Vidette", the River class frigate "Tay", and Flower class corvettes "Snowflake", "Sunflower", "Pink", "Loosestrife", and "Kitchener" [Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.212] with the convoy rescue ship "Zamalek". [Blair 1998 p.333]

The convoy was found and reported by "U-304" on the night of 18/19 May. [Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.212] Gathering U-boats were attacked by convoy escorts and by No. 120 Squadron RAF B-24 Liberators before torpedo launch positions were reached. [Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.212] "U-381" was lost from unknown causes. On 19 May the convoy escort was reinforced by the 1st Support Group consisting of the Banff class sloop "Sennen" with River class frigates "Wear", "Jed" and "Spey". [Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.212]

"U-954" was sunk by hedgehog attacks from "Sennen" and "Jed". [Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.212] Admiral Karl Dönitz's son Peter Dönitz was among those lost aboard "U-954". [Blair 1998 pp.333-334] No. 120 Squadron RAF B-24 Liberator J sank "U-258". [Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.212] The convoy reached Liverpool without loss on 26 May. [Hague 2000 p.135]

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