Convoy battles of World War II


Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of cargo ships assembled for mutual defense, and were attacked by enemy submarines, surface ships, and/or aircraft. Most were in the North Atlantic from 1939 to 1943, and involved attacks by U-Boat wolfpacks. Convoy battles also occurred in the Arctic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and western Pacific Ocean.

Battles

ConvoyEscortDate LocatedWarshipsBombersU-BoatsShips SunkTonnage Lost
HX 6524 August 19400123742,311
HX 7220 September 194091172,727
SC 716 October 194072079,592
HX 7919 October 194051275,069
HX 84HMS Jervis Bay5 November 1940Scheer00533,331
HX 901 December 194071173,958
HG 538 February 1941Hipper51915,218
SL 6412 February 1941Hipper732,806
HX 1125th EG15 March 19415534,505
SC 261 April 194181051,969
OB 3183rd EG7 May 19414950,985
HX 126HMS Aurania19 May 194111951,862
OG 6924 July 19418711,303
OG 7117 August 194181015,185
SC 42NEF EG 249 September 194100191668,259
HG 7319 September 194151025,818
GM 2Force H25 September 19412 × BB6211112,427
SC 48EG 4.1.1515 October 194191149,835
HG 7636th EG16 December 194110418,383
NA 231 January 1942411,190
ONS 67TU 4.1.521 February 1942005854,750
MW 1021 March 1942Littorio93217,031
PQ 1328 March 19429211,507
ONS 92A-311 May 1942006736,284
ONS 100C-18 June 1942006520,478
MW 1112 June 19426212,915
GM 4Force X14 June 19420429,129
PQ 171st EG1 July 1942190916102,311
ON 115C-329 July 19420012321,456
SC 94C-15 August 194200171153,421
WS.5.21.S10 August 19423162988,812
ON 122B-622 August 19420014417,235
ON 127C-49 September 19420012851,619
PQ 1812 September 1942775319,689
SC 100C-418 September 19420017526,331
QP 1420 September 19427623,474
RB 123 September 1942009311,525
SC 104B-612 October 19420017843,970
HX 212A-326 October 19420013651,918
SL 12527 October 19420101280,005
SC 107C-430 October 194200161582,817
ON 144B-615 November 19420013626,321
ON 153B-715 December 19420013419,551
JW 51B24 December 19422 × CA010
ONS 154C-126 December 194200161469,378
TM 1B-53 January 19430014756,453
SC 118B-24 February 194300201159,765
ON 166A-321 February 194300191488,001
UC 144th EG22 February 19430011326,682
818 × DD1 March 194310 × MTB1140837,324
SC 121A-36 March 194300261255,661
HX 228B-310 March 19430019525,515
UGS 612 March 19430017428,018
HX 229B-416 March 194300431393,502
SC 122B-517 March 19430043953,094
RS 327 March 19437315,389
HX 231B-74 April 19430011641,494
ONS 5B-728 April 194300551361,958
TS 3730 April 19431743,255
JW 55B22 December 1943Scharnhorst020
JW 56A25 January 194404421,584
Hi-40Shimushu19 February 1944002528,075
Hi-716th EG17 August 1944006573,071
Hi-818th EG15 November 1944016336,100