HX-212
Halifax/ New York - UK (North Atlantic)26 Oct, 1942 - 29 Oct, 1942
| The Convoy | 45 ships |
| First sighting | On 26 Oct, 1942 by U-436 |
| Escorts | The American escort group A3 (Cdr. Lewis) consisting of the destroyer Badger, the cutter Campbell, the British corvette Dianthus and the Canadian corvettes Rosthern, Trillium, Alberni, Summerside and Ville de Quebec. |
U-boats | The wolfpack Puma of 13 boats U-224 (Oblt. Kosbadt), U-301 (Kptlt. Körner), U-383 (Kptlt. Kremser), U-436 (Kptlt. Seibicke), U-441 (Kptlt. Hartmann), U-443 (Oblt. von Puttkammer), U-563 (Kptlt. von Hartman), U-602 (Kptlt. Schüler), U-606 (Oblt. Döhler), U-621 (Kptlt. Schünemann), U-624 (Kptlt. Graf von Soden-Fraunhofen), U-753 (Korvkpt. von Mannstein), U-757 (Oblt. Deetz) |
The battle | After the fruitless pursuit of convoy ON-139, the patrol line Puma is reinforced and searches further. On the 26th U-436 runs into HX-212. In the night this boat attacks and scores hits with all her five torpedoes. One ship is sunk and two are damaged. U-606 damages a large ship and finishes off one ship damaged by U-436. Then this large ship is again torpedoed by U-606 and U-624 also before it sinks. U-621 and U-563 have no success. During the next day the U-boats are kept at bay by Liberators coming from Iceland. Only in the night does U-224 manage to sink a straggler and U-624 sinks one ship from the convoy. On the 29th the air escort drives off all boats trying to close in and the operation is broken off. |
Article compiled by Tom Linclau
Ships hit from convoy HX-212
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Ship hit | GRT | Nat. | |
| 27 Oct, 1942 | U-436 | Günther Seibicke | Frontenac (d.) | 7.350 |  | |
| 27 Oct, 1942 | U-436 | Günther Seibicke | Gurney E. Newlin (d.) | 8.225 |  | |
| 27 Oct, 1942 | U-436 | Günther Seibicke | HMS LCT-2281 [t] | 291 |  | |
| 27 Oct, 1942 | U-436 | Günther Seibicke | Sourabaya | 10.107 | | |
| 28 Oct, 1942 | U-606 | Hans-Heinrich Döhler | Gurney E. Newlin | 8.225 | | |
| 28 Oct, 1942 | U-606 | Hans-Heinrich Döhler | Kosmos II (d.) | 16.966 | | |
| 29 Oct, 1942 | U-224 | Hans-Karl Kosbadt | Bic Island | 3.921 |  | |
| 29 Oct, 1942 | U-436 | Günther Seibicke | Barrwhin | 4.998 | | |
| 29 Oct, 1942 | U-624 | Graf Ulrich von Soden-Fraunhofen | HMS LCT-2190 [t] | 291 | | |
| 29 Oct, 1942 | U-624 | Graf Ulrich von Soden-Fraunhofen | HMS LCT-2192 [t] | 291 | | |
| 29 Oct, 1942 | U-624 | Graf Ulrich von Soden-Fraunhofen | HMS LCT-2284 [t] | 291 | | |
| 29 Oct, 1942 | U-624 | Graf Ulrich von Soden-Fraunhofen | Kosmos II | 16.966 | | |
| 29 Oct, 1942 | U-624 | Graf Ulrich von Soden-Fraunhofen | Pan New York | 7.701 | | |
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| 6 ships sunk for a total of 51.918 GRT 4 warships sunk for a total of 1.164 tons (lost aboard transport ships) 3 ships damaged for a total of 32.541 GRT |
Locations of ships hit from convoy HX-212.
Some 77 convoys on route HX were hit by U-boats in the war. |