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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p> The <b>SC convoys</b> were a series of North Atlantic convoys that ran during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">battle of the Atlantic</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p><p>They were east-bound slow convoys originating in <a href="/wiki/Sydney,_Nova_Scotia" title="Sydney, Nova Scotia">Sydney</a>, Nova Scotia, Canada (designated as Sydney, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Breton_Island" title="Cape Breton Island">Cape Breton</a> by the Allied navies to avoid confusion with Sydney, Australia); from there they sailed to ports in the UK, mainly <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>. The Royal Canadian Navy base responsible for the Sydney operations was <a href="/wiki/HMCS_Protector" title="HMCS Protector">HMCS <i>Protector</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETennysonSarty2000232,_290_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETennysonSarty2000232,_290-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first convoy, SC 1, departed Sydney Harbour on 15 August 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETennysonSarty2000232_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETennysonSarty2000232-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For a time after the entry of the United States into the war the point of origin was switched to New York City, but congestion problems there resulted in a further move, this time to <a href="/wiki/Halifax_Harbour" title="Halifax Harbour">Halifax</a>, Nova Scotia. However, the SC designation was retained throughout. </p><p>SC convoys ran from August 1940 until May 1945,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHague2000133–134_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHague2000133–134-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although they were suspended during the summer of 1944 when a number of escort groups were diverted to cover the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a>. During this period all east-bound traffic sailed in the <a href="/wiki/HX_convoys" title="HX convoys">HX</a> series, which ran as Fast or Slow convoys, and whose sizes were effectively doubled. </p><p>A total of 177 SC convoys ran during the campaign, totalling 6,806 ships. Only 3 failed to complete the passage: SC 52 suffered an attack shortly after leaving port, and was forced to return; and SC 62 and SC 63 were both scattered by appalling weather conditions which forced those ships to proceed independently. </p><p>Of these formations, 29 (around 20%) were attacked; they saw the loss of 145 ships ( though this number does not include stragglers, perhaps the same number again) and a further 18 lost in marine accidents (perhaps 340 in total; around 5%). </p><p>As these were slow convoys, composed of ships making 8 knots or less, they were correspondingly more vulnerable, and witnessed a disproportionate number of attacks. </p><p>The SC convoys were the subject of some of the major battles of the campaign. Of the 40 convoys which lost 6 or more ships, 11 of them were SC series. </p><p>Some notable SC convoy battles were: </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_7" title="Convoy SC 7">SC 7</a></b>. Attacked in October 1940, 20 ships were sunk in the worst day's shipping losses of the entire campaign.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_42" title="Convoy SC 42">SC 42</a></b>. Two <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boats</a> were sunk by reinforcements coming to the aid of the weak Canadian escort for this September 1941 convoy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen199282_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen199282-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 14 ships lost in 3 days.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_48" title="Convoy SC 48">SC 48</a></b>. One of eight <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boats</a> were damaged two warships were sunk one damaged and nine ships were sunk during 14–18 October 1941 convoy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen199282_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen199282-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 14 ships lost in 3 days.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_94" title="Convoy SC 94">SC 94</a></b> in August 1942 marked the beginning of the climactic North Atlantic convoy battles following the 2nd <i>Happy Time</i> off the American east coast.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorison2001317–322_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorison2001317–322-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_104" title="Convoy SC 104">SC 104</a></b> lost seven ships while <a href="/wiki/Escort_Group_B6" title="Escort Group B6">Escort Group B6</a> sank two <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boats</a> in October 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen1992167_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen1992167-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_107" title="Convoy SC 107">SC 107</a></b> lost 15 ships in November 1942 including five torpedoed by <i>Kapitänleutnant</i> <a href="/wiki/Siegfried_von_Forstner" title="Siegfried von Forstner">Siegfried von Forstner</a>'s <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-402" title="German submarine U-402"><i>U-402</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHague2000135_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHague2000135-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_118" title="Convoy SC 118">SC 118</a></b>. Attacked in February 1943. <i>Kapitänleutnant</i> Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross" title="Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross">Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross</a> when his <i>U-402</i> torpedoed seven ships including <i>Henry R. Mallory</i> transporting American troops to Iceland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorison2001336_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorison2001336-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_121" title="Convoy SC 121">SC 121</a></b>. Attacked in March 1943 after being scattered by a <a href="/wiki/Beaufort_scale" title="Beaufort scale">Force 10</a> gale.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen1992196_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen1992196-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only 76 of the 275 crewmen of the sunken ships were rescued.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorison2001342_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorison2001342-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Convoys_HX_229/SC_122" title="Convoys HX 229/SC 122">SC 122</a></b>. Attacked in March 1943, this action, which converged with that around <a href="/wiki/Convoys_HX_229/SC_122" title="Convoys HX 229/SC 122">HX 229</a>, was the largest convoy battle of the Atlantic campaign.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_130" title="Convoy SC 130">SC 130</a></b>. Attacked in May 1943, this convoy was successfully defended, seeing the destruction of 5 <a href="/wiki/U-boats" class="mw-redirect" title="U-boats">U-boats</a> and the death of Admiral <a href="/wiki/Karl_D%C3%B6nitz" title="Karl Dönitz">Karl Dönitz</a>'s son Peter Dönitz without losing any ships. This action culminated the period known as <a href="/wiki/Black_May_(1943)" title="Black May (1943)">Black May</a>, which saw the withdrawal from the North Atlantic by the <a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">German navy</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SC_convoys&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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href="#CITEREFMorison2001">Morison 2001</a>, pp. 317–322.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen1992167-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen1992167_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRohwerHümmelchen1992">Rohwer & Hümmelchen 1992</a>, p. 167.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHague2000135-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHague2000135_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHague2000">Hague 2000</a>, p. 135.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMorison2001336-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMorison2001336_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMorison2001">Morison 2001</a>, p. 336.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen1992196-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERohwerHümmelchen1992196_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span 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a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFvan_der_Vat1988" class="citation book cs1">van der Vat, Dan (1988). <i>The Atlantic campaign: the great struggle at sea, 1939–1945</i>. London: Hodder & Stoughton. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-340-37751-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-340-37751-2"><bdi>978-0-340-37751-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Atlantic+campaign%3A+the+great+struggle+at+sea%2C+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Hodder+%26+Stoughton&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-0-340-37751-2&rft.aulast=van+der+Vat&rft.aufirst=Dan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASC+convoys" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHague2000" class="citation book cs1">Hague, Arnold (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=xHOwAAAAIAAJ&q=HMSC+Protector"><i>The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945</i></a>. St Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-861-76147-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-861-76147-7"><bdi>978-1-861-76147-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Allied+Convoy+System+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.place=St+Catharines%2C+Ontario&rft.pub=Vanwell+Publishing+Ltd.&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-861-76147-7&rft.aulast=Hague&rft.aufirst=Arnold&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DxHOwAAAAIAAJ%26q%3DHMSC%2BProtector&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASC+convoys" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMorison2001" class="citation book cs1">Morison, Samuel Eliot (2001). <i>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume I The Battle of the Atlantic 1939–1943</i>. Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-252-06963-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-252-06963-5"><bdi>978-0-252-06963-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=History+of+United+States+Naval+Operations+in+World+War+II%2C+Volume+I+The+Battle+of+the+Atlantic+1939%E2%80%931943&rft.place=Champaign%2C+Illinois&rft.pub=University+of+Illinois&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-252-06963-5&rft.aulast=Morison&rft.aufirst=Samuel+Eliot&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASC+convoys" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRohwerHümmelchen1992" class="citation book cs1">Rohwer, Jürgen; Hümmelchen, Gerhard (1992). <i>Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945</i>. Derek Masters (trans.) (2nd revised, expanded ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55750-105-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-55750-105-9"><bdi>978-1-55750-105-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chronology+of+the+War+at+Sea+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.edition=2nd+revised%2C+expanded&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-1-55750-105-9&rft.aulast=Rohwer&rft.aufirst=J%C3%BCrgen&rft.au=H%C3%BCmmelchen%2C+Gerhard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASC+convoys" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTennysonSarty2000" class="citation book cs1">Tennyson, Brian Douglas; Sarty, Roger F. (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=R2VUEea282QC&q=Guardian+of+the+Gulf+:+Sydney,+Cape+Breton,+and+the+Atlantic+wars&pg=PP1"><i>Guardian of the Gulf: Sydney, Cape Breton, and the Atlantic wars</i></a>. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8020-4492-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8020-4492-1"><bdi>978-0-8020-4492-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Guardian+of+the+Gulf%3A+Sydney%2C+Cape+Breton%2C+and+the+Atlantic+wars&rft.place=Toronto&rft.pub=University+of+Toronto+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-8020-4492-1&rft.aulast=Tennyson&rft.aufirst=Brian+Douglas&rft.au=Sarty%2C+Roger+F.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DR2VUEea282QC%26q%3DGuardian%2Bof%2Bthe%2BGulf%2B%3A%2BSydney%2C%2BCape%2BBreton%2C%2Band%2Bthe%2BAtlantic%2Bwars%26pg%3DPP1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASC+convoys" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SC_convoys&oldid=1227508545">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SC_convoys&oldid=1227508545</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:North_Atlantic_convoys_of_World_War_II" title="Category:North Atlantic convoys of World War II">North Atlantic convoys of World War II</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Category:Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Cape_Breton_Island" title="Category:Cape Breton Island">Cape Breton Island</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_history_of_Nova_Scotia" title="Category:Military history of Nova Scotia">Military history of Nova Scotia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Naval_battles_of_World_War_II_involving_Canada" title="Category:Naval battles of World War II involving Canada">Naval battles of World War II involving Canada</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Naval_battles_and_operations_of_World_War_II_involving_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:Naval battles and operations of World War II involving the United Kingdom">Naval battles and operations of World War II involving the United Kingdom</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_Canadian_English_from_January_2023" title="Category:Use Canadian English from January 2023">Use Canadian English from January 2023</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_Wikipedia_articles_written_in_Canadian_English" title="Category:All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English">All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:EngvarB_from_May_2017" title="Category:EngvarB from May 2017">EngvarB from May 2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_May_2017" title="Category:Use dmy dates from May 2017">Use dmy dates from May 2017</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 6 June 2024, at 04:44<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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