Convoy QS-15
Convoy QS 15 | |||||
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Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the St. Lawrence | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
Kriegsmarine |
Greece Norway United Kingdom Panama Belgium 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 |
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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
Bibliography
- Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
External links
See also
- No. 130 Squadron RCAF
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