Convoy SC 19


Convoy SC 19 was the 19th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The trade convoy left Halifax, Nova Scotia on 12 January 1941 and was found by U-boats of the 7th U-boat Flotilla on 29 January. Seven ships were sunk before the convoy reached Liverpool on 2 February.

Ships in the convoy

Allied merchant ships

A total of 28 merchant vessels joined the slow convoy, composed of ships making 8 knots or less.
NameFlagTonnage (GRT)Notes
Aikaterini GreeceGS|U-93|1940|2

Convoy escorts

A series of armed military ships escorted the convoy at various times during its journey.
NameFlagTypeJoinedLeft
A-class destroyer27 Jan 194131 Jan 1941
A-class destroyer27 Jan 194131 Jan 1941
12 Jan 194112 Jan 1941
HMS AuraniaArmed merchant cruiser12 Jan 194126 Jan 1941
26 Jan 19411 Feb 1941
J-class destroyer29 Jan 194129 Jan 1941
HMS/HMT Lady MadeleineASW (anti-submarine warfare) trawler26 Jan 194131 Jan 1941
HMS [Ark Royal (1914)|HMS Pegasus]Seaplane tender/prototype fighter catapult ship26 Jan 194131 Jan 1941
26 Jan 194101 Feb 1941
Admiralty S-class destroyer29 Jan 194130 Jan 1941
Admiralty S-class destroyer29 Jan 194130 Jan 1941