Convoy SC 94
Ships in the convoy -- Allied merchant ships
Table:
Name

Flag

Dead

Tonnage (GRT)

Cargo

Notes

Aghios Spyridon (1905)

Greece

3,338

Grain

Survived this convoy and convoy SC 104

Anneberg (1902)

United Kingdom

0

2,537

3,200 tons woodpulp

Sunk by U-379 8 Aug

Bifrost (1923)

Sweden

4,949

Flour

Boston City (1920)

United Kingdom

2,870

General cargo

Survived this convoy, convoy ON 127, convoy SC 104 & convoy SC 122

Brisk (1923)

Norway

1,594

Flour & general cargo

Cape Race (1930)

United Kingdom

0

3,807

13 passengers, 3,979 tons lumber & 1,040 tons steel

Sunk by U-660 10 Aug

Castilian (1919)

United Kingdom

3,067

General cargo

Veteran of convoy HX 84

Condylis (1914)

Greece

9

4,439

6,924 tons grain & trucks

Sunk by U-660 & U-438 10 Aug

Daleby (1929)

United Kingdom

4,640

General cargo

Drakepool (1924)

United Kingdom

4,838

(in ballast)

Survived this convoy and convoy SC 122

Empire Antelope (1919)

United Kingdom

4,945

General cargo

Survived to be sunk 2 months later in convoy SC 107

Empire Moonbeam (1941)

United Kingdom

6,849

Phosphates

Survived to be sunk the following month in convoy ON 127

Empire Reindeer (1919)

United Kingdom

0

6,259

5,950 tons woodpulp & general cargo

Sunk by U-660 10 Aug

Empire Scout (1936)

United Kingdom

2,229

Grain

Ship's master was convoy vice-commodore

Hagood (1919)

United States

6,866

Diesel

Illinoian (1918)

United States

6,473

Mail & general cargo

Inger Lise (1939)

Norway

1,582

Lumber

Survived this convoy and convoy SC 104

Ingerfem (1912)

Norway

3,987

Iron ore

Survived this convoy and convoy SC 104

Kaimoku (1919)

United States

4

6,367

US Army stores

Sunk by U-379 8 Aug

Kelso (1924)

United Kingdom

3

3,956

2,000 tons ammunition & 2,618 tons general cargo

Sunk by U-176 8 Aug

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Gross register tonnage ( GRT , grt , g.r.t. , gt ) or gross registered tonnage , is a ship 's total internal volume expressed in register tons , each of which is equal to 100 cubic feet ( 2.83 m3 ) . Gross register tonnage uses the total permanently enclosed capacity of the vessel as its basis for volume . Typically this is used for dockage fees , canal transit fees , and similar purposes where it is appropriate to charge based on the size of the entire vessel . Net register tonnage subtracts the volume of spaces not available for carrying cargo , such as engine rooms , fuel tanks and crew quarters , from gross register tonnage . Gross register tonnage is not a measure of the ship 's weight or displacement and should not be confused with terms such as deadweight tonnage or displacement .
Greece ( Greek : Ελλάδα ) , officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : Ελληνική Δημοκρατία ) , historically also known as Hellas , is a country located in Southeast Europe . Its population is approximately 10.7 million as of 2018 ; Athens , the nation 's capital , is its largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan Peninsula , Greece is located at the crossroads of Europe , Asia , and Africa . It shares land borders with Albania to the northwest , North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north , and Turkey to the northeast . The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland , the Ionian Sea to the west , the Cretan Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km ( 8,498 mi ) in length , featuring many islands , of which 227 are inhabited . Eighty percent of Greece is mountainous , with Mount Olympus being the highest peak at 2,918 metres ( 9,573 ft ) . The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions : Macedonia , Central Greece , the Peloponnese , Thessaly , Epirus , the Aegean Islands ( including the Dodecanese and Cyclades ) , Thrace , Crete , and the Ionian Islands . Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilisation , being the birthplace of democracy , Western philosophy , Western literature , historiography , political science , major scientific and mathematical principles , Western drama and the Olympic Games . From the eighth century B.C. , the Greeks were organised into various independent city-states , known as poleis ( singular polis ) , which spanned the entire Mediterranean region and the Black Sea . Philip of Macedon united most of the Greek mainland in the fourth century BC , with his son Alexander the Great rapidly conquering much of the ancient world , from the eastern Mediterranean to India . Greece was annexed by Rome in the second century B.C. , becoming an integral part of the Roman Empire and its successor , the Byzantine Empire , which adopted the Greek language and culture .
Convoy SC 104 was the 104th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney , Cape Breton Island to Liverpool . During October 1942 , a U-boat wolf pack sank eight ships from the convoy . The convoy escorts sank two of the attacking submarines .
The list of shipwrecks in August 1942 includes all ships sunk , foundered , grounded , or otherwise lost during August 1942 .
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state established by the Acts of Union 1800 , which merged the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland . The United Kingdom , having financed the European coalition that defeated France during the Napoleonic Wars , developed a large Royal Navy that enabled the British Empire to become the foremost world power for the next century . The Crimean War with Russia was a relatively small operation in a century where Britain was largely at peace with the Great Powers . Rapid industrialisation that began in the decades prior to the state 's formation continued up until the mid-19th century . The Great Irish Famine , exacerbated by government inaction in the mid-19th century , led to demographic collapse in much of Ireland and increased calls for Irish land reform . The 19th century was an era of rapid economic modernisation and growth of industry , trade and finance , in which Britain largely dominated the world economy . Outward migration was heavy to the principal British overseas possessions and to the United States . The empire was expanded into most parts of Africa and much of South Asia . The Colonial Office and India Office ruled through a small number of administrators who managed the units of the empire locally , while democratic institutions began to develop . British India , by far the most important overseas possession , saw a short-lived revolt in 1857 . In overseas policy , the central policy was free trade , which enabled British and Irish financiers and merchants to operate successfully in many otherwise independent countries , as in South America . London formed no permanent military alliances until the early 20th century , when it began to cooperate with Japan , France and Russia , and moved closer to the United States .
German submarine U-379 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II . She was laid down on 27 May 1940 by Howaldtswerke , Kiel as yard number 10 , launched on 15 October 1941 and commissioned on 29 November 1941 under Kapitänleutnant Paul-Hugo Kettner .
Sweden ( Swedish : Sverige [ ˈsvæ̌rjɛ ] ( listen ) ) , officially the Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish : Konungariket Sverige [ ˈkôːnɵŋaˌriːkɛt ˈsvæ̌rjɛ ] ( listen ) ) , is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe . It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund Strait . At 450,295 square kilometres ( 173,860 sq mi ) , Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe , the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area . The capital city is Stockholm . Sweden has a total population of 10.3 million of which 2.5 million have a foreign background . Persons who have foreign backgrounds are defined as persons who are foreign born , or born in Sweden with foreign born parents . It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 57/sq mi ) and the highest urban concentration is in the central and southern half of the country . Sweden is part of the geographical area of Fennoscandia . The climate is in general mild for its northerly latitude due to significant maritime influence . In spite of the high latitude , Sweden often has warm continental summers , being located in between the North Atlantic , the Baltic Sea and the vast Eurasian Russian landmass . The general climate and environment varies significantly from the south and north due to the vast latitudal difference and much of Sweden has reliably cold and snowy winters . Southern Sweden is predominantly agricultural , while the north is heavily forested and includes a portion of the Scandinavian Mountains .
Convoy ON 127 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War . It was the 127th of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America and the only North Atlantic trade convoy of 1942 or 1943 where all U-boats deployed against the convoy launched torpedoes . The ships departed Liverpool on 4 September 1942 and were met at noon on 5 September by the Royal Canadian Navy Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group C-4 consisting of the Canadian River-class destroyer Ottawa and the Town-class destroyer St. Croix with the Flower-class corvettes Amherst , Arvida , Sherbrooke , and Celandine . St. Croix 's commanding officer , acting Lieutenant Commander A. H. Dobby Dobson RCNR , was the senior officer of the escort group . The Canadian ships carried type 286 meter-wavelength radar but none of their sets were operational . Celandine carried Type 271 centimeter-wavelength radar . None of the ships carried HF/DF high-frequency direction finding sets .
During the Battle of the Atlantic , British merchant shipping was formed into convoys for protection against German submarine attack . In March 1943 convoys HX 229 and SC 122 were the focus of the largest convoy battle of the war . Kriegsmarine tactics against convoys employed multiple-submarine wolfpack tactics in nearly simultaneous surface attacks at night . Patrolling aircraft restricted the ability of submarines to converge on convoys during daylight . The North Atlantic winters offered the longest periods of darkness to conceal surfaced submarine operations . The winter of 1942-43 saw the largest number of submarines deployed to the mid-Atlantic before comprehensive anti-submarine aircraft patrols could be extended into that area . During March , there was a series of fierce convoy battles which became , for the Allies , the crisis point of the whole campaign . One hundred merchant ships in trade convoys HX 229 and SC 122 encountered three wolfpacks of 38 submarines in a single sprawling action , which German radio reported as the greatest convoy battle of all time ( Die grösste Geleitzugschlacht aller Zeiten ) . A Royal Navy report later concluded The Germans never came so near to disrupting communications between the New World and the Old as in the first 20 days of March 1943 .
Norway ( Norwegian : Norge ( Bokmål ) or Noreg ( Nynorsk ) ; Northern Sami : Norga ; Lule Sami : Vuodna ; Southern Sami : Nöörje ) , officially the Kingdom of Norway , is a Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula ; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway . [ note 2 ] The sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island is a dependent territory and thus not considered part of the kingdom . Norway also lays claim to the Antarctic territories of Queen Maud Land and Peter I Island . Norway has a total area of 385,207 square kilometres ( 148,729 sq mi ) and a population of 5,312,300 ( as of August 2018 ) . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden ( 1,619 km or 1,006 mi long ) . Norway is bordered by Finland and Russia to the north-east , and the Skagerrak strait to the south , with Denmark on the other side . Norway has an extensive coastline , facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea . The maritime influence also dominates Norway 's climate with mild lowland temperatures on the sea coasts , whereas the interior , while colder , is also a lot milder than areas elsewhere in the world on such northerly latitudes . Even during polar night in the north , temperatures above freezing are commonplace on the coastline . The maritime influence brings high rainfall and snowfall to some areas of the country . Harald V of the House of Glücksburg is the current King of Norway . Erna Solberg has been prime minister since 2013 when she replaced Jens Stoltenberg .
German submarine U-660 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II . She was laid down on 15 February 1941 by Howaldtswerke , Hamburg as yard number 809 , launched on 17 November 1941 and commissioned on 8 January 1942 under Oberleutnant zur See Götz Baur .
Convoy HX 84 was the 84th of the numbered series of Allied North Atlantic HX convoys of merchant ships from Halifax , Nova Scotia , to Liverpool , England , during the Battle of the Atlantic . Thirty-eight ships escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay departed from Halifax on 28 October 1940 , eastbound to Liverpool . On 5 November 1940 , the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer found the convoy at 50°30′N 32°00′W / 50.500°N 32.000°W / 50.500 ; -32.000 and attacked immediately . Captain E.S.F . Fegen of Jervis Bay attacked the raider so as to delay Admiral Scheer and to allow the convoy to scatter . Jervis Bay was sunk after 20 minutes of fighting with the loss of 190 of her crew . Nevertheless , their sacrifice allowed the convoy to begin to escape . The merchant ship SS Beaverford , armed with only two guns , engaged Admiral Scheer in a cat and mouse gunnery duel that lasted for over four hours before Beaverford was sunk with all hands . This allowed most of the convoy to complete their escape . Admiral Scheer was only able to sink six of the 38 ships in the convoy . Maiden , Trewellard , Kenbame Head , Beaverford and Fresno were sunk and the tanker San Demetrio damaged , but failing light now allowed the rest of the convoy to escape . San Demetrio was abandoned by her crew , but two days later some of the crew , now in lifeboats , sighted San Demetrio , still afloat and still ablaze .
German submarine U-438 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine during World War II . The submarine was laid down on 25 April 1940 at the Schichau-Werke yard as yard number 1480 in Danzig , launched on 6 September 1941 and commissioned on 22 November 1941 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Rudolf Franzius . The city of Berlin adopted the submarine within the popular sponsorship programme ( Patenschaftsprogramm ) , organising gifts and holidays for the crew and earning her the honorary name of U-438 Berlin . The U-boat served with the 8th U-Boat Flotilla for her training and later with the 9th Flotilla from 1 August 1942 to her loss on 6 May 1943 . U-438 completed four patrols , sinking three ships , totalling 12,045 gross register tons ( GRT ) and damaging one ship totalling 5,496 GRT . She was a member of ten wolfpacks .
Empire Antelope was a 4,782 ton cargo ship which was built as Ophis in 1919 . She was renamed Bangu in 1928 . In 1941 she was renamed Empire Antelope . She was sunk by the German submarine U-402 on 2 November 1942 .
Convoy SC 107 was the 107th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney , Cape Breton Island to Liverpool . The ships departed New York City on 24 October 1942 and were found and engaged by a wolfpack of U-boats which sank fifteen ships . It was the heaviest loss of ships from any trans-Atlantic convoy through the winter of 1942-43 . The attack included one of the largest non-nuclear man-made explosions in history , when U-132 torpedoed ammunition ships SS Hobbema and SS Hatimura - both were sunk , one exploded , with the German submarine also being destroyed in the explosion .
Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom . They were acquired from a number of sources : many were built for the government ; others obtained from the United States ; still others were captured or seized from enemy powers . Empire ships were mostly used during World War II by the Ministry of War Transport ( MoWT ) , which owned the ships but contracted out their management to various shipping lines ; however , some ships requisitioned during the Suez Crisis were also named as Empire ships . Most Empire ships have since been lost or scrapped ; however a few still remain in active service or preserved .
Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom . They were acquired from a number of sources : many were built for the government ; others obtained from the United States ; still others were captured or seized from enemy powers . Empire ships were mostly used during World War II by the Ministry of War Transport ( MoWT ) , which owned the ships but contracted out their management to various shipping lines ; however , some ships requisitioned during the Suez Crisis were also named as Empire ships . Most Empire ships have since been lost or scrapped ; however a few still remain in active service or preserved .
Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom . They were acquired from a number of sources : many were built for the government ; others obtained from the United States ; still others were captured or seized from enemy powers . Empire ships were mostly used during World War II by the Ministry of War Transport ( MoWT ) , which owned the ships but contracted out their management to various shipping lines ; however , some ships requisitioned during the Suez Crisis were also named as Empire ships . Most Empire ships have since been lost or scrapped ; however a few still remain in active service or preserved .
The United States of America ( USA ) , commonly known as the United States ( U.S. or US ) or America , is a country consisting of 50 states , a federal district , five major self-governing territories , and various possessions . [ g ] At 3.8 million square miles ( 9.8 million km2 ) , it is the world 's third or fourth-largest country by total area [ b ] and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe . Most of the country is located in central North America between Canada and Mexico . With an estimated population of over 328 million , the U.S. is the third most populous country in the world . The capital is Washington , D.C. , and the most populous city is New York City . Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago . European colonization began in the 16th century . The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast . Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies led to the American Revolutionary War lasting between 1775 and 1783 , leading to independence . The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century - gradually acquiring new territories , displacing Native Americans , and admitting new states - until by 1848 it spanned the continent . During the second half of the 19th century , the American Civil War led to the abolition of slavery in the United States . The Spanish-American War and World War I confirmed the country 's status as a global military power .
German submarine U-176 was a Type IXC U-boat in Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine during World War II . Built at the DeSchiMAG AG Weser shipyard in Bremen , she was laid down on 6 February 1941 , launched on 12 September and commissioned on 15 December , under the command of Kapitänleutnant Reiner Dierksen . U-176 served with the 4 . Unterseebootsflotille ( U-boat flotilla ) while training , and from 1 August 1942 with the 10th U-boat Flotilla , a long-range operations unit . U-176 completed three patrols , sinking 11 ships totalling 53,307 gross register tons ( GRT ) before she was sunk off Cayo Blanquizal by the Cuban Navy on 15 May 1943 .