Convoy SC 67


Convoy SC 67 was the 67th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The convoy left Halifax on 30 January 1942 and picked up a tran-Atlantic escort in Newfoundland. This marked the start of the allied end-to-end convoy escort system, which remained in effect until the end of the war. The convoy was found by on 10 February, and attacked by of 6th U-boat Flotilla, operating out of St Nazaire. Surviving ships reached Liverpool on 15 February.

Ships in the convoy

Merchants

NameFlagTonnage [gross register tons|]Notes
Atlanticos Greece

Escorts

NameFlagClass and typePeriodNotes
Flower-class corvette30 January – 11 February
Flower-class corvette2 February– 12 February
Flower-class corvette30 January – 2 February
Flower-class corvette11 February – 14 February
HMCS HamiltonTown-class destroyer30 January – 2 February
Flower-class corvette11 February – 15 February
Flower-class corvette8 February – 11 February
Flower-class corvette2 February – 11 February
Bangor-class minesweeper30 January – 2 February
Flower-class corvette30 January – 2 February
Flower-class corvette2 February – 11 February
Flower-class corvette2 February – 10 FebruarySunk by. 57 dead, 8 survivors.
HNoMS St. AlbansTown-class destroyer11 February – 13 February