Convoy HX 212

The convoy HX 212 was an allied convoy of the HX convoy series to supply Great Britain during World War II . He left New York on October 18, 1942 and arrived in Liverpool on November 2 . The Allies lost six cargo ships with 52,000 GRT to German submarines , while there were no losses on the German side. This made the HX 212 one of the most lossy HX convoys.

Composition and securing

The convoy HX 212 consisted of 54 cargo ships. On October 18, 1942, they left New York ( Lage ) for Liverpool ( Lage ). The convoy commodore was Vice Admiral W Megerton, who had embarked on the Jamaica Planter . After a local escort initially drove the security, the American Escort Group A3 under Paul Heineman took over the protection of the escort during the Atlantic crossing on October 23. In it were the US Coastguard Cutter Campbell , the US destroyer Badger , the Canadian corvettes Rosthern and Trillium and the British corvette Dianthus . The three Canadian corvettes Alberni , Summerside and Ville de Quebec also drove in the convoy, as they were on a transfer trip via Liverpool to North Africa. 40.66 -74.0353.44 -3.04

Surname	flag	Measurement in GRT	Whereabouts
Abraham Lincoln	Norway Norway	5,740
Arc Light	United Kingdom United Kingdom	2,249
Barrwhin	United Kingdom United Kingdom	4,998	sunk by U 436 on October 29th ( Lage ) 55.033333 -22.75
Belgian Gulf	Panama Panama	8,237
Bic Island	United Kingdom United Kingdom	4,000	sunk by U 224 on October 29 ( Lage ) 55.083333 -23.45
British Vigilance	United Kingdom United Kingdom	8.093
CJ Barkdull	Panama Panama	6,773
Cairnesk	United Kingdom United Kingdom	5,007
Cape Breton	United Kingdom United Kingdom	6044
City of Lille	United Kingdom United Kingdom	6,588
Coptic	United Kingdom United Kingdom	10,629
Cymbula	United Kingdom United Kingdom	8,082
Dorchester	United States United States	5,649
Empire bronze	United Kingdom United Kingdom	8,142
Empire Dickens	United Kingdom United Kingdom	9,819
Empire Fletcher	United Kingdom United Kingdom	8,194
Esso Bayway	United States United States	7,699
Exchester	United States United States	4,999
Exilona	United States United States	4,971
Fairfax	United States United States	5,649
Fort a la Corne	United Kingdom United Kingdom	7.133
Fort Amherst	United Kingdom United Kingdom	3,489
Francis Parkmen	United States United States	7.176
Frontenac	Norway Norway	7,350
Gdynia	Sweden Sweden	1,636
Gulfgem	United States United States	6,917
Gurney Newlin	United States United States	8,225	sunk by U 606 on October 28th ( Lage ) 54.85 -30.1
Helgoy	Norway Norway	5,407
Jamaica Planter	United Kingdom United Kingdom	4,089
Katy	Norway Norway	6,825
Cosmos ii	Norway Norway	16,966	sunk by U 624 on October 28th ( Lage ) 55.25 -28.166667
Lancastrian Prince	United Kingdom United Kingdom	1.914
Laurelwood	United Kingdom United Kingdom	7,347
Mahia	United Kingdom United Kingdom	10,014
Mathew Luckenbach	United States United States	5,848
Ocean Courier	United Kingdom United Kingdom	7.178
Pacific shipper	United Kingdom United Kingdom	6,290
Pan New York	United States United States	7,701	sunk by U 624 on October 29th ( Lage ) 54.966667 -23.933333
Pan Rhode Island	United States United States	7,742
Paul H Harwood	United States United States	6,610
RG Stewart	United States United States	9,229
Saint Bertrant	United Kingdom United Kingdom	5,522
Salinas	United States United States	5422
Sarpedon	United Kingdom United Kingdom	11,321
Scarass	Norway Norway	9,826
Snar	Norway Norway	3176
Sourabaya	United Kingdom United Kingdom	10,107	sunk by U 436 on October 27th ( Lage ) 54.533333 -31.033333
Southern Princess	United Kingdom United Kingdom	12,156
Thomas B Robertson	United States United States	7176
Topdalsfjord	Norway Norway	4,271
Tudor Prince	United Kingdom United Kingdom	1.914
Zacapa	United States United States	4,488
Zoella Lykes	United States United States	6,829

course

On October 26, U 436 captured the convoy, maintained contact and sent bearing signals to allow more U-boats to approach. Although several other submarines were pushed aside by security vehicles, U 436 kept in touch and attacked the British whale factory ship Sourabaya on the night of October 27 . After five torpedo hits, it sank, killing 77 of 154 crew members with it. The Norwegian tanker Frontenac and the British tanker Guerney E Newlin were damaged in this attack. The latter was finally sunk on October 28 by U 606 , which shortly before had torpedoed the Norwegian whale-cooking ship Kosmos II without sinking it. It sank a day later after a torpedo shot by U 624 , with the loss of 33 crew members, with the whaling ships LCT 2190 , LCT 2192 and LCT 2284 on board. In the meantime, U 436 , U 441 , U 443 , U 563 and U 621 reached the convoy on October 28 , which the latter two attacked without success. During the day, the Allies succeeded in setting aircraft on the march for air security from Iceland . Another submarine attack did not take place until the night of October 29th. U 224 sank the Canadian straggler Bic Island (165 dead) and U 624 from the convoy sank the US tanker Pan New York (43 dead). After that night, there were no further attacks on the convoy due to the strong air security. Only the straggler Barrwhin was sunk by U 436 . The convoy arrived in Liverpool on November 2nd. A total of six ships with 52,000 GRT were sunk.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronicle of the Sea War 1939–1945, October 1942 , accessed on February 7, 2019.
^ Arnold Hague Convoy Database , accessed February 7, 2019.
↑ Clay Blair : The Submarine War . tape 2 : The hunted 1942–1945 . Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 , p. 77–78 (English: Hitler's U-boat war. The hunted 1942–1945 . Translated by Helmut Dierlamm).

Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

[Rohwer-1] Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronicle of the Sea War 1939–1945, October 1942 , accessed on February 7, 2019.

[2] Arnold Hague Convoy Database , accessed February 7, 2019.

[3] Clay Blair : The Submarine War . tape 2 : The hunted 1942–1945 . Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-16059-2 , p. 77–78 (English: Hitler's U-boat war. The hunted 1942–1945 . Translated by Helmut Dierlamm).


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