JW-56A
Loch Ewe, UK - Kola Fjord, Russia (Arctic Ocean)25 Jan 1944 - 26 Jan 1944
The Convoy | 20 ships |
First sighting | On 25 Jan 1944 by U-956 |
Escorts | |
U-boats | U-278, U-360, U-716, U-957 (some boats may be missing from this list) |
The battle |
Ships hit from convoy JW-56A
Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Map | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 Jan 1944 | U-360 | Klaus-Helmuth Becker | ![]() | HMS Obdurate (G 39) (d.) | 1,540 | ![]() | br | A |
25 Jan 1944 | U-278 | Joachim Franze | Penelope Barker | 7,177 | ![]() | am | B | |
26 Jan 1944 | U-360 | Klaus-Helmuth Becker | ![]() | Fort Bellingham (d.) | 7,153 | ![]() | br | C |
26 Jan 1944 | U-716 | Hans Dunkelberg | ![]() | Andrew G. Curtin | 7,200 | ![]() | am | D |
26 Jan 1944 | U-716 | Hans Dunkelberg | USS PTC-39 [Trans.] | 54 | ![]() | am | E | |
26 Jan 1944 | U-957 | Gerd Schaar | ![]() | Fort Bellingham | 7,153 | ![]() | br | F |
26 Jan 1944 | U-957 | Gerd Schaar | USS PTC-38 | 54 | ![]() | am | G | |
30,331 | ||||||||
5 ships sunk (21,638 tons) and 2 ships damaged (8,693 tons). Legend |
6 convoys on route JW were hit by U-boats in the war. Read more about them.