Convoy QS-15

Convoy QS 15
Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the St. Lawrence
Date5–8 July 1942
LocationSt. Lawrence River, near Cap-Chat
Belligerents
 Kriegsmarine

 Royal Canadian Navy

Greece Greece
Norway Norway
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Panama Panama
Belgium Belgium
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Karl Dönitz
Ernst Vogelsang
Strength
12 merchant ships
1 escort
Casualties and losses
1 U-boat damaged 3 ships sunk

Convoy QS-15 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was one of the numbered QS Convoys from Quebec to Sydney. The convoy was found on 6 July 1942 by U-132, which then sank three ships from the convoy. U-132 was attacked and damaged by the convoy escort ship HMCS Drummondville.

Ships in the convoy[1]

Name Flag Tonnage (GRT) Notes
Anastassios Pateras (1914)  Greece 3,382 Sunk by U-132
Carmelfjell (1935)  Norway 1,334
Dinaric (1919)  United Kingdom 1,905 Sunk by U-132
HMCS Drummondville (1941)  Royal Canadian Navy 358 Escort 5–8 July
Fjordheim (1930)  Norway 4,115
Hainaut (1905)  Belgium 5,729 Sunk by U-132
Kalliopi (1910)  Greece 5,965
Panchito (1910)  Panama 4,015
Sloga (1913)  Yugoslavia 4,323

References

  1. "Convoy". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

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