Convoy routes

Convoy route SC

CodeSC
RouteSydney CB to UK
AreaNorth Atlantic
Notes

Slow convoys from North America to the UK, later started in Halifax or New York.

From August 1940 to May 1944, again from October 1944. From September 1942 to March 1943 assembly port was in New York, then Sydney again.

ConvoysDateLosses

1940

SC-1Aug 19404 ships sunk with a total of 10,633 tons.
SC-2Sep 19405 ships sunk with a total of 20,943 tons.
SC-3Sep 19406 ships sunk with a total of 16,947 tons.
SC-6Oct 19403 ships sunk with a total of 11,920 tons.
SC-7Oct 194020 ships sunk with a total of 79,592 tons.
SC-11Nov 19407 ships sunk with a total of 24,601 tons.
SC-13Dec 19401 ship sunk with a total of 5,652 tons.

1941

SC-19Jan 19416 ships sunk with a total of 33,723 tons.
SC-20Feb 19413 ships sunk with a total of 11,406 tons.
SC-21Feb 19411 ship sunk with a total of 4,517 tons.
SC-25Mar 19411 ship sunk with a total of 6,695 tons.
SC-26Apr 194110 ships sunk with a total of 51,969 tons.
SC-30May 19412 ships sunk with a total of 15,719 tons.
SC-41Sep 19411 ship sunk with a total of 2,000 tons.
SC-42Sep 194116 ships sunk with a total of 68,259 tons.
SC-44Sep 19415 ships sunk with a total of 26,578 tons.
SC-48Oct 194111 ships sunk with a total of 49,835 tons.
SC-50Oct 19411 ship sunk with a total of 5,120 tons.
SC-52Nov 19414 ships sunk with a total of 17,064 tons.
SC-53Nov 19412 ships sunk with a total of 8,531 tons.
SC-56Dec 19411 ship sunk with a total of 4,016 tons.
SC-57Dec 19413 ships sunk with a total of 14,971 tons.

1942

SC-62Jan 19421 ship sunk with a total of 3,657 tons.
SC-64Jan 19421 ship sunk with a total of 5,427 tons.
SC-63Jan 19422 ships sunk with a total of 10,122 tons.
SC-66Jan 19421 ship sunk with a total of 4,887 tons.
SC-67Feb 19422 ships sunk with a total of 4,953 tons.
SC-94Aug 194211 ships sunk with a total of 53,421 tons.
SC-95Aug 19422 ships sunk with a total of 8,245 tons.
SC-97Aug 19422 ships sunk with a total of 10,288 tons.
SC-100Sep 19425 ships sunk with a total of 26,331 tons.
SC-101Sep 19421 ship sunk with a total of 2,254 tons.
SC-103Oct 19421 ship sunk with a total of 6,098 tons.
SC-104Oct 194219 ships sunk with a total of 44,781 tons.
SC-107Nov 194215 ships sunk with a total of 82,817 tons.
SC-109Nov 19421 ship sunk with a total of 9,131 tons.
SC-110Nov 19421 ship sunk with a total of 5,170 tons.

1943

SC-115Jan 19431 ship sunk with a total of 7,174 tons.
SC-117Jan 19432 ships sunk with a total of 8,668 tons.
SC-118Feb 194312 ships sunk with a total of 60,056 tons.
SC-121Mar 194314 ships sunk with a total of 56,243 tons.
SC-122Mar 19439 ships sunk with a total of 53,094 tons.
SC-129May 19432 ships sunk with a total of 7,627 tons.
SC-143Oct 19432 ships sunk with a total of 7,532 tons.

1944

SC-156Apr 19442 ships sunk with a total of 9,777 tons.
SC-157Apr 19441 ship sunk with a total of 6,255 tons.
SC-159Nov 19441 ship sunk with a total of 1,300 tons.

1945

SC-167Mar 19452 ships sunk with a total of 7,740 tons.

48 SC convoys successfully attacked in the war.
226 ships were sunk with a total of 993,739 GRT.

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