Convoy SC 19 was the 19th of the numbered series of World War II slow convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The trade convoy left Halifax, Nova Scotia on 12 January 1941Hague pp.133&134 and was found by U-boats of the 7th U-boat Flotilla on 29 January. Seven ships were sunk before the convoy reached Liverpool on 2 February.Rohwer & Hummelchen p.48
Ships in the convoy Allied merchant ships A total of 28 merchant vessels joined the slow convoy, composed of ships making 8 knots or less.
NameFlagTonnage (GRT)NotesAikaterini (1913)4,9291 dead. 30 survivors. Sunk by Baltara (1918)3,292Barrhill (1912)4,972Basil (1928)4,913Commodore: Capt R Gill CBE Rd RNRBrynhild (1907)2,195Carperby (1928)4,890Culebra (1919)3,044Dimitrios Chandris (1910)4,643Returned, must Dry-DockGrelrosa (1914)4,574Straggled, bombed & sunk by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraftKing Robert (1920)5,886Sunk by Kul (1907)1,310Kyriakoula (1918)4,340Merchant Royal (1928)5,008Penhale (1924)4,071Rockpool (1927)4,892Wrecked, then salved and became Empire TrentRushpool (1928)5,125Straggled and sunk by Ruth I3,531Sesostris (1915)2,962Straggled and sunk by Shirvan (1925)6,017Snar (1920)3,176Ashore, re-floated, beached Bannatyne CoveStad Arnhem (1920)3,819Tovelil (1925)2,225Varanger (1925)9,305Vestland (1916)1,934Vigsnes (1930)1,599W B Walker (1935)10,468Sunk by West Wales (1925)4,353Sunk by after convoy had scatteredWinkleigh (1940)5,468
Convoy escorts A series of armed military ships escorted the convoy at various times during its journey.
NameFlagTypeJoinedLeftA-class destroyer27 Jan 194131 Jan 1941A-class destroyer27 Jan 194131 Jan 194112 Jan 194112 Jan 1941HMS AuraniaArmed merchant cruiser12 Jan 194126 Jan 194126 Jan 19411 Feb 1941J-class destroyer29 Jan 194129 Jan 1941HMS/HMT Lady MadeleineASW (anti-submarine warfare) trawler26 Jan 194131 Jan 1941HMS PegasusSeaplane tender/prototype fighter catapult ship 26 Jan 194131 Jan 194126 Jan 194101 Feb 1941 Admiralty S-class destroyer29 Jan 194130 Jan 1941Admiralty S-class destroyer29 Jan 194130 Jan 1941
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External links SC.19 at convoyweb