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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Convoy HX.106
|partof=World War II
|date=30 January 1941-18 February 1941
|place=North Atlantic
|combatant1={{flag|Nazi Germany|naval}}
|combatant2= United Kingdom
|commander1=Admiral Karl Dönitz
|commander2=Capt W H Poole Rd RNR
|strength1=
|strength2=41 merchant ships
11 escorts (1 when attacked)
|casualties2=2 merchants sunk
}}{{Campaignbox Atlantic Campaign}}Convoy HX 106 was the 106th of the numbered series of Allied HX convoys of merchant ships from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, England. Forty-one ships departed Halifax, Nova Scotia on 30 January 1941, eastbound to Liverpool, England.[1] The use of convoys was a standard tactic throughout the Battle of the Atlantic as a defence against U-boats and German commerce raiders. On 8 February 1941 the two German battleships, {{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst||2}} and {{ship|German battleship|Gneisenau||2}}, appeared over the horizon.[2] The German squadron was under the command of Admiral Günther Lütjens. The captain of Scharnhorst offered to draw off the escorting Royal Navy battleship {{HMS|Ramillies|07|6}}, so that Gneisenau could sink the merchant ships. This strategy, if successful, would have entailed little risk to Scharnhorst as she was {{convert|11|kn|lk=in|0}} faster than Ramillies, and her newer {{convert|11|in|mm|adj=on|0}} guns outranged the 1915 era {{convert|15|in|mm|adj=on|0}} guns of the British ship. However, Lutjens strictly followed Hitler's directive not to engage enemy capital ships, and withdrew.[2] Later, two of the convoy's merchant ships were sunk by the submarine {{GS|U-96|1940|2}}, including MV Arthur F. Corwin loaded with 14,500 tons of aviation fuel. She went down on 13 February, taking all 59 crew with her. {{TOC limit|2}}Ships in the convoyAllied merchant shipsA total of 41 merchant vessels joined the convoy, either in Halifax or later in the voyage.[3] | Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
|---|
| Abercos (1920) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,076 | Straggled | | Arthur F Corwin (1938) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 10,516 | Joined ex-BHX 106, Straggled 10 Feb 41
Sunk by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}}[4] | | Athelbeach (1931) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,568 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Botavon (1912) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,848 | Straggled 10 Feb 41
Vice-Commodore | | British Fortune (1930) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 4,696 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Capsa (1931) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 8,229 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Cardium (1931) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 8,236 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Chama (1938) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 8,077 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Charlton Hall (1940) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,200 | Straggled 10 Feb 41 | | Clea (1938) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 8,028 | Joined ex-BHX 106, Straggled 10 Feb 41
Sunk by {{GS|U-96|1940|2}}[5] | | Cliona (1931) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 8,375 | | | Contractor (1930) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,004 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Dover Hill (1918) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,815 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Edward F Johnson (1937) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 10,452 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Esturia (1914) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,968 | Joined ex-BHX 106, Straggled 10 Feb 41 | | Evanger (1920) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 3,869 | | | Ganges (1930) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,246 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Garonne (1921) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 7,113 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Geo W McKnight (1933) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 12,502 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Harpagus (1940) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,173 | | | Hopemount (1929) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 7,434 | Straggled 3 Feb 41 | | Horda (1920) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 4,301 | Straggled 10 Feb 41 | | Kheti (1927) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 2,734 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Laguna (1923) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,466 | Joined ex-BHX 106, Straggled 10 Feb 41 | | Leiesten (1930) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 6,118 | Joined ex-BHX 106. Straggled 10 Feb | | Lodestone (1938) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 4,877 | Joined ex-BHX 106, Straggled 10 Feb 41 | | Mactra (1936) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,193 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Malmanger (1920) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 7,078 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Miralda (1936) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 8,013 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Mirza (1929) | {{flagcountry|Netherlands}} | 7,991 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Nurtureton (1929) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,272 | | | Oilfield (1938) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 8,516 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Opalia (1938) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,195 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | R J Cullen (1919) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,993 | | | San Eliseo (1939) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 8,042 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | San Fabian (1922) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 13,031 | | | Silveray (1925) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 4,535 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Temple Arch (1940) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,138 | Joined ex-BHX 106. Straggled 10 Feb | | Topdalsfjord (1921) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 4,271 | Capt W H Poole Rd RNR (Commodore) | | Torborg (1921) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 6,042 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | | Trelissick (1919) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,265 | Joined ex-BHX 106 | |
Convoy escortsA series of armed military ships escorted the convoy at various times during its journey.[3] | Name | Flag | Type | Joined | Left |
|---|
| {{HMS|Burnham|H82}} | {{navy|UKGBI}} | {{sclass-|Clemson|destroyer}} | 12 Feb 1941 | 15 Feb 1941 | | {{HMCS|Collingwood|K180}} | {{navy|Canada|1911}} | {{sclass2-|Flower|corvette}} | 30 Jan 1941 | 31 Jan 1941 | | HMS Kingcup (K33) | {{navy|UKGBI}} | {{sclass2-|Flower|corvette}} | 15 Feb 1941 | 17 Feb 1941 | | {{HMS|La Malouine|K46}} | {{navy|UKGBI}} | {{sclass2-|Flower|corvette}} | 12 Feb 1941 | 17 Feb 1941 | | {{HMS|Malcolm|D19}} | {{navy|UKGBI}} | Admiralty-type destroyer leader | 12 Feb 1941 | 15 Feb 1941 | | HMS/HMT Northern Pride (FY105) | {{navy|UKGBI}} | ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) trawler | 15 Feb 1941 | 18 Feb 1941 | | {{HMS|Ramillies|07}} | {{navy|UKGBI}} | {{sclass-|Revenge|battleship}} | 30 Jan 1941 | 10 Feb 1941 | | HMS Saladin (H54) | {{navy|UKGBI}} | Admiralty S-class destroyer | 12 Feb 1941 | 14 Feb 1941 | | HMS Sardonyx (H26) | {{navy|UKGBI}} | Admiralty S-class destroyer | 12 Feb 1941 | 17 Feb 1941 | | {{HMS|Skate|1917}} | {{navy|UKGBI}} | {{sclass2-|R|destroyer (1916)|0}} destroyer | 12 Feb 1941 | 18 Feb 1941 | | {{ship|HMT|Vizalma}} (FY286) | {{navy|UKGBI}} | ASW trawler | 15 Feb 1941 | 18 Feb 1941 | |
References1. ^{{cite book| title=The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945 |author=Hague, Arnold |publisher=Naval Institute Press |page=127 |year=2000 |isbn=1-55750-019-3}}
2. ^1 {{cite book|last=Miller|first=Nathan|title=War at sea : a naval history of World War II|year=1996|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=0-19-511038-2|page=147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wqkVBuiCgEC&pg=PA147&dq=Convoy+HX+106&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yYrEUqPxEuG8yAH7ioGIDA&ved=0CDsQuwUwAg#v=onepage&q=Convoy%20HX%20106&f=false}}
3. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/hx/index.html|title=Convoy HX.106|publisher=Arnold Hague Convoy Database|accessdate=20 October 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/762.html|title=Arthur F. Corwin – British motor tanker|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=3 November 2013}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/760.html|title=Clea – British motor tanker|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=3 November 2013}}
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