| 释义 |
- Ships in the convoy[3]
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Convoy SC.20
|partof=World War II
|date=22 January 1941 – 8 February 1941
|place=North Sea
|combatant1= Germany
|combatant2={{navy|Canada|1921}}
United Kingdom
|commander1=Admiral Karl Dönitz
|commander2=
|strength1=~3 U-boats
|strength2=48 merchant ships
7 escorts
|casualties1=5 ships sunk
1 Damaged
}}{{Campaignbox Atlantic Campaign}}Convoy SC 20 was the 20th 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 on 22 January 1941[1] and was found by U-Boats of the 2nd and 9th Flotillas, operating from Lorient and Brest, respectively. Five ships were sunk before the convoy reached Liverpool on 8 February.[2]{{toclimit|2}} Ships in the convoy[3]| Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
|---|
| Alcor (1920) | {{flagcountry|Netherlands}} | 3,526 | | | Allende (1928) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,081 | | | HMS Arbutus (K86) | {{navy|UKGBI}} | | Escort 4 Feb - 08 Feb
Corvette | | Baron Ogilvy (1926) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 3,391 | | | Baron Yarborough (1928) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 3,388 | | | Bernhard (1924) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 3,563 | Returned with engine defects and a sick man | | Biafra (1933) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,405 | | | Blairesk (1925) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 3,300 | | | Calafatis (1917) | {{flagcountry|Greece}} | 4,443 | Romped and sunk by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 naval bomber, of I./KG.40, with the loss of 18 of her 31 crew[4] | | HMS Camellia (K31) | {{navy|UKGBI}} | | Escort 4 Feb - 08 Feb
Corvette | | Cape Corso (1929) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 3,807 | | | Copeland (1923) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 1,526 | Rescue Ship | | Coryton (1928) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 4,553 | | | Coultarn (1938) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 3,759 | | | Dione II (1936) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 2,660 | Romped & sunk by {{GS|U-93|1940|2}}[5] on 4 Feb | | Einar Jarl (1921) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 1,858 | | | Emmy (1914) | {{flagcountry|Greece}} | 3,895 | Returned | | Empire Engineer (1921) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,358 | Straggled and sunk by {{GS|U-123|1940|2}}[6] On 4 Feb | | HMS Erica (K50) | {{navy|UKGBI}} | | Escort 4 Feb - 08 Feb | | Evviva (1921) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 1,597 | Returned | | Flensburg (1922) | {{flagcountry|Netherlands}} | 6,421 | | | Flowergate (1911) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,161 | Arrived with furnace defects | | Fylingdale (1924) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 3,918 | | | Hadleigh (1930) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,222 | | | HMS Harvester (H19) | {{navy|UKGBI}} | | Escort 4 Feb - 08 Feb
Destroyer | | Ila (1939) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 1,583 | Returned | | Inger Toft (1920) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 2,190 | | | Ingertre (1921) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 2,462 | | | Ioannis M Embiricos (1934) | {{flagcountry|Greece}} | 3,734 | Bombed and sunk, NW of Ireland, by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 naval bomber, of I./KG.40[7]
She was en route from Montreal to Preston with lumber. | | Kordecki (1930) | {{flagcountry|Poland}} | 1,975 | Returned | | Lars Kruse (1923) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 1,807 | | | Lylepark (1929) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,186 | Returned | | Maclaren (1915) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 2,350 | Wrecked, Salved, Repaired | | Manchester Division (1918) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,048 | | | Maplecourt (1894) | {{flagcountry|Canada|1868}} | 3,388 | Sunk by {{GS|U-107|1940|2}}[8] On 4 Feb | | Maplewood (1930) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 4,566 | Capt A G Maundrell CB CIE RIN (Commodore) | | Mathilda (1920) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 3,650 | | | Milcrest (1919) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,283 | | | Myson (1927) | {{flagcountry|France}} | 4,564 | | | Narocz (1915) | {{flagcountry|Poland}} | 1,795 | Returned | | HMCS Otter | {{navy|Canada|1921}} | | Escort 22 Jan - 23 Jan
Armed yacht | | HMS Philante (4.12) | {{navy|UKGBI}} | | Escort 4 Feb - 08 Feb
Armed yacht, acting as convoy escort vessel | | Pilar De Larrinaga (1918) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 7,046 | | | Pontypridd (1924) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 4,458 | | | Quistconck (1918) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,144 | | | Ranella (1912) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 5,590 | Straggler from BHX 104 | | HMS Ranpura | {{navy|UKGBI}} | | Escort 22 Jan - 4 Feb
Armed merchant cruiser | | Rolf Jarl (1920) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 1,917 | | | Rozenburg (1918) | {{flagcountry|Netherlands}} | 2,068 | Returned | | Selbo (1921) | {{flagcountry|Norway}} | 1,778 | | | Sevill (1921) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 1,383 | | | Sinnington Court (1928) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 6,910 | Returned | | Telesfora De Larrinaga (1920) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 5,780 | | | Trident (1917) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 4,317 | | | Willesden (1925) | {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} | 4,563 | | |
References1. ^Hague pp.133&134
2. ^Blair, p.233
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/sc/index.html|title=Convoy SC.20|publisher=Arnold Hague Convoy Database|accessdate=30 October 2013}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?115841|title=SS Calafatis [+1941]|publisher=www.wrecksite.eu|accessdate=30 October 2013}}
5. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.uboat.net/Allies/Merchants/Ships/753.Html|title=Dione II - British Steam Merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=30 October 2013}}
6. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.uboat.net/Allies/Merchants/Ships/754.Html|title=Empire Engineer - British Steam Merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=30 October 2013}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?189126|title=SS Ioannis M. Embiricos (+1941)|publisher=www.wrecksite.eu|accessdate=30 October 2013}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/Allies/Merchants/Ships/755.Html|title=Maplecourt - Canadian Steam Merchant|publisher=www.uboat.net|accessdate=30 October 2013}}
Bibliography- {{cite book | last=Blair|first=Clay|title=Hitler's U-Boat War:The Hunters 1939–1942|year=1996|publisher=Random House|location=New York|isbn=0-394-58839-8}}
- {{cite book
| last = Hague
| first = Arnold
| title = The Allied Convoy System 1939-1945
| year = 2000
| isbn = 1-86176-147-3
| ref = {{sfnRef|Hague}}External links{{Uboat}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Convoy SC 020}} 2 : North Atlantic convoys of World War II|Naval battles of World War II involving Canada |