HMS Sandwich (L12)
Convoys escorted

HMS Sandwich (L12)

Section Title: Convoys escorted
Table Section Text: None

Convoy	Escort Group	Dates	Notes

HG 11	16–24 December 1939	52 ships escorted without loss from Gibraltar to Liverpool

OG 16F	26-31 January 1940	23 ships outbound to Gibraltar

HG 17F	31 January-5 February 1940	25 ships escorted without loss from Gibraltar to Liverpool

SL 19	17-20 February 1940	28 ships inbound to Western Approaches

OA 98	26-27 February 1940	19 ships outbound from Western Approaches

HG 20F	28 February-3 March 1940	30 ships inbound to Western Approaches

OG 21F	5-11 March 1940	45 ships outbound to Gibraltar

HG 24	28 March-7 April 1940	41 ships escorted without loss from Gibraltar to Liverpool

OG 26F	14-20 April 1940	54 ships outbound to Gibraltar

HG 29	7-17 May 1940	45 ships escorted without loss from Gibraltar to Liverpool

OB 154	24-27 May 1940	12 ships outbound from Western Approaches

HX 43	27-30 May 1940	43 ships inbound to Western Approaches

OB 159	1-4 June 1940	23 ships outbound from Western Approaches

HX 45	5-7 June 1940	63 ships inbound to Western Approaches

OB 164	9-12 June 1940	29 ships outbound from Western Approaches

HX 47	14-17 June 1940	2 ships lost from 57 inbound to Western Approaches

OB 169	17-20 June 1940	32 ships outbound from Western Approaches

HX 49	20-24 June 1940	1 ship lost from 50 inbound to Western Approaches

OB 174	25-28 June 1940	64 ships outbound from Western Approaches

HX 51	29 June-2 July 1940	35 ships inbound to Western Approaches

OB 180	7-10 July 1940	47 ships outbound from Western Approaches

HX 54	11-14 July 1940	43 ships inbound to Western Approaches

OA 186	17-21 July 1940	39 ships outbound from Western Approaches

HX 57	23-26 July 1940	51 ships inbound to Western Approaches

OA 192	30 July-3 August 1940	18 ships outbound from Western Approaches

HX 60	4-7 August 1940	3 ships lost from 60 inbound to Western Approaches

OA 199	15-19 August 1940	1 ship torpedoed of 29 outbound from Western Approaches

HX 64	20-23 August 1940	62 ships inbound to Western Approaches

OA 206	29 August-3 September 1940	1 ship torpedoed of 48 outbound from Western Approaches

SL 44	3-7 September 1940	1 ship lost from 29 inbound to Western Approaches

OA 214	14-19 September 1940	29 ships outbound from Western Approaches

OA 223	2-6 October 1940	17 ships outbound from Western Approaches

SC 8	15-31 October 1940	40 ships escorted without loss from Sydney to Liverpool

OB 244	17-22 November 1940	3 ships sunk of 46 outbound from Western Approaches

OB 254	4-7 December 1940	13 ships outbound from Western Approaches

OG 59	43rd EG	15-28 April 1941	44 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Gibraltar

HG 61	43rd EG	6-20 May 1941	23 ships from Gibraltar to Liverpool; U-96 sank Empire Ridge

OB 332	43rd EG	10-19 June 1941	43 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Iceland

HX 134	43rd EG	26 June-4 July 1941	48 ships escorted without loss from Iceland to Liverpool

SC 36	43rd EG	13-17 July 1941	40 ships inbound to Western Approaches

OS 2	43rd EG	4-19 August 1941	17 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone

SL 85	43rd EG	28 August-11 September 1941	11 ships from Sierra Leone to Gibraltar; bomber sank Daru

HG 72	43rd EG	11-17 September	17 ships escorted without loss from Gibraltar to Liverpool

OS 8	43rd EG	4-20 October 1941	46 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone

SL 91	43rd EG	27 October-19 November 1941	Sierra Leone to Liverpool

OS 13	43rd EG	1-18 December 1941	45 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone

SL 96	43rd EG	28 December 1941 – 13 January 1942	35 ships from Sierra Leone to dispersal

OS 23	43rd EG	25 March-11 April 1942	45 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone

SL 107	43rd EG	16 April-5 May 1942	32 ships escorted without loss from Sierra Leone to Liverpool

OS 29	43rd EG	22 May-10 June 1942	44 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone

SL 113	43rd EG	15-29 June 1942	41 ships escorted without loss from Sierra Leone to Liverpool

OS 35	43rd EG	25 July-12 August 1942	51 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone sank U-213

SL 119	43rd EG	14 August-5 September 1942	Sierra Leone to Liverpool; two ships torpedoed and sunk

OS 41	43rd EG	20 September-1 October 1942	41 ship Liverpool to dispersal

SL 123	43rd EG	4-10 October 1942	27 ships escorted without loss from Sierra Leone to Liverpool

KMS 2	43rd EG	26 October-12 November 1942	1 ship sunk of 51 from Loch Ewe to Operation Torch

TE 7	43rd EG	28 November 1942	Gibraltar to North Africa

GUF 3	43rd EG	30 December 1942 – 1 January 1943	North Africa to Gibraltar

CF 10	43rd EG	5-8 January 1943	Cape Town to United Kingdom

GUS 3	43rd EG	18-19 January 1943	North Africa to Gibraltar

MKS 7	43rd EG	8-17 February 1943	Algiers to Liverpool

SL 137	38th EG	23 September-17 October 1943	49 ships escorted without loss from Sierra Leone to Liverpool

OS 57	38th EG	31 October-18 November 1943	78 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone

SL 141	38th EG	23 November-12 December 1943	14 ships escorted without loss from Sierra Leone to Liverpool

OS 61	38th EG	19-29 December 1943	42 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone

SL 145	38th EG	1-12 January 1944	33 ships escorted without loss from Sierra Leone to Liverpool

OS 65	38th EG	26 January-6 February 1944	41 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone

SL 149	38th EG	11-22 February 1944	47 ships escorted without loss from Sierra Leone to Liverpool

OS 69	38th EG	5-15 March 1944	47 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone

SL 153	38th EG	22 March-2 April 1944	47 ships escorted without loss from Sierra Leone to Liverpool

OS 73	38th EG	16-25 April 1944	44 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone

SL 157	38th EG	1-10 May 1944	45 ships escorted without loss from Sierra Leone to Liverpool

OS 77	38th EG	23 May-2 June 1944	31 ships escorted without loss from Liverpool to Sierra Leone

SL 161	38th EG	11-22 June 1944	41 ships escorted without loss from Sierra Leone to Liverpool

Sentence(s)

Sandwich sank U-213 while escorting convoy OS 35.
HMS Sandwich (L12) sank U-213 while escorting convoy OS 35.

final_sentence: Sandwich sank U-213 while escorting convoy OS 35.
final_sentence: HMS Sandwich (L12) sank U-213 while escorting convoy OS 35.