Convoy SC 19


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 1941 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.

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 Notes
Aikaterini Greece4,9291 dead. 30 survivors. Sunk by
Baltara 3,292
Barrhill 4,972
Basil 4,913Commodore: Capt R Gill CBE Rd RNR
Brynhild 2,195
Carperby 4,890
Culebra 3,044
Dimitrios Chandris Greece4,643Returned, must Dry-Dock
Grelrosa 4,574Straggled, bombed & sunk by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft
King Robert 5,886Sunk by
Kul Norway1,310
Kyriakoula Greece4,340
Merchant Royal 5,008
Penhale 4,071
Rockpool 4,892Wrecked, then salved and became Empire Trent
Rushpool 5,125Straggled and sunk by
Ruth INorway3,531
Sesostris Egypt2,962Straggled and sunk by
Shirvan 6,017
Snar Norway3,176Ashore, re-floated, beached Bannatyne Cove
Stad Arnhem Netherlands3,819
Tovelil 2,225
Varanger Norway9,305
Vestland Norway1,934
Vigsnes Norway1,599
W B Walker 10,468Sunk by
West Wales 4,353Sunk by after convoy had scattered
Winkleigh 5,468

Convoy escorts

A series of armed military ships escorted the convoy at various times during its journey.
NameFlagTypeJoinedLeft
A-class destroyer27 Jan 194131 Jan 1941
A-class destroyer27 Jan 194131 Jan 1941
12 Jan 194112 Jan 1941
HMS AuraniaArmed merchant cruiser12 Jan 194126 Jan 1941
26 Jan 194101 Feb 1941
J-class destroyer29 Jan 194129 Jan 1941
HMS/HMT Lady Madeleine ASW trawler26 Jan 194131 Jan 1941
HMS PegasusSeaplane tender/prototype fighter catapult ship26 Jan 194131 Jan 1941
26 Jan 194101 Feb 1941
HMS Sardonyx Admiralty S-class destroyer29 Jan 194130 Jan 1941
HMS Scimitar Admiralty S-class destroyer29 Jan 194130 Jan 1941