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'''Convoy SC-118''' was the 118th of the numbered series of ] ] of merchant ships from ], ] to ].<ref>Hague 2000 p.133</ref> Sixty-one ships departed ] on 24 January 1943;<ref>Hague 2000 p.135</ref> and were met by ] Group B-2 consisting of ] ]s ] and ], the ] ], the ] ], ]s ], ], ] and ], and the ] ''Toward''.<ref>Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191</ref> '''Convoy SC-118''' was the 118th of the numbered series of ] ] of merchant ships from ], ] to ].<ref>Hague 2000 p.133</ref> Sixty-one ships departed ] on 24 January 1943;<ref>Hague 2000 p.135</ref> and were met by ] Group B-2 consisting of ] ]s ] and ], the ] ], the ] {{HMS|Beverley|H64|2}}, ]s ], ], ] and ], and the ] ''Toward''.<ref>Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191</ref>


On 4 February ] reported sighting the convoy and was promptly sunk by ''Beverly'' and ''Vimy'' after ''Bibb'' and ''Toward'' triangulated High-Frequency radio Direction-Finder (HF/DF or ]) location from the sighting report.<ref>Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191</ref> Two ships were torpedoed by ] and ].<ref>Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191</ref> On 4 February ] reported sighting the convoy and was promptly sunk by ''Beverly'' and ''Vimy'' after ''Bibb'' and ''Toward'' triangulated High-Frequency radio Direction-Finder (HF/DF or ]) location from the sighting report.<ref>Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191</ref> Two ships were torpedoed by ] and ].<ref>Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191</ref>
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On 5 February the convoy escort was reinforced by the ] ] and the ]s ] and ] from ].<ref>Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191</ref> On 5 February the convoy escort was reinforced by the ] ] and the ]s ] and ] from ].<ref>Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191</ref>


In the pre-dawn hours of 7 February, U-boat Ace ''Kapitänleutnant'' Siegfied Freiherr von Forstner's ] torpedoed the 8,597-ton British freighter ''Afrika'', the 9272-ton Norwegian ] ''Daghild'', the 6500-ton Greek freighter ''Kalliopi'', the 6625-ton American ] ''Robert E. Hopkins'', the 6063-ton American cargo-liner ''Henry R. Mallory'', and the 1571-ton rescue ship ''Toward''.<ref>Hague 2000 p.137</ref> Two-hundred-seventy-two were lost from ''Henry R. Mallory's'' crew of 77, 34 ], and the 384 American military personnel she was transporting to ].<ref>Morison 1975 p.336</ref> Twenty-seven merchant sailors were lost from the other ships with 8500 tons of fuel oil, 13000 tons of diesel fuel, 7000 tons of general cargo, and 10500 tons of steel and lumber.<ref>Hague 2000 p.137</ref> In the pre-dawn hours of 7 February, U-boat Ace ''Kapitänleutnant'' Siegfied Freiherr von Forstner's ] torpedoed the 8,597-ton British freighter ''Afrika'', the 9272-ton Norwegian ] ''Daghild'', the 6500-ton Greek freighter ''Kalliopi'', the 6625-ton American ] ''Robert E. Hopkins'', the 6063-ton American cargo-liner ''Henry R. Mallory'', and the 1571-ton rescue ship ''Toward''.<ref>Hague 2000 p.137</ref> Two-hundred-seventy-two were lost from {{SS|Henry R. Mallory}}'s crew of 77, 34 ], and the 384 American military personnel she was transporting to ].<ref>Morison 1975 p.336</ref> Twenty-seven merchant sailors were lost from the other ships with 8500 tons of fuel oil, 13000 tons of diesel fuel, 7000 tons of general cargo, and 10500 tons of steel and lumber.<ref>Hague 2000 p.137</ref>


] sank the straggling 5730-ton British freighter ''Harmala'' with 8500 tons of iron ore and 53 crewmen<ref>Hague 2000 p.137</ref> while ''Lobelia'' sank ].<ref>Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191</ref> ] sank the straggling 5730-ton British freighter ''Harmala'' with 8500 tons of iron ore and 53 crewmen<ref>Hague 2000 p.137</ref> while ''Lobelia'' sank ].<ref>Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191</ref>

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USS Schenck (DD-159)

Convoy SC-118 was the 118th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. Sixty-one ships departed New York City on 24 January 1943; and were met by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group B-2 consisting of V class destroyers Vanessa and Vimy, the USCG Treasury Class Cutter Bibb, the Town class destroyer Beverley, Flower class corvettes Campanula, Mignonette, Abelia and Lobelia, and the convoy rescue ship Toward.

On 4 February U-187 reported sighting the convoy and was promptly sunk by Beverly and Vimy after Bibb and Toward triangulated High-Frequency radio Direction-Finder (HF/DF or Huff-Duff) location from the sighting report. Two ships were torpedoed by U-262 and U-413.

On 5 February the convoy escort was reinforced by the USCG Treasury Class Cutter Ingham and the Wickes class destroyers Babbitt and Schenck from Iceland.

In the pre-dawn hours of 7 February, U-boat Ace Kapitänleutnant Siegfied Freiherr von Forstner's U-402 torpedoed the 8,597-ton British freighter Afrika, the 9272-ton Norwegian tanker Daghild, the 6500-ton Greek freighter Kalliopi, the 6625-ton American tanker Robert E. Hopkins, the 6063-ton American cargo-liner Henry R. Mallory, and the 1571-ton rescue ship Toward. Two-hundred-seventy-two were lost from SS Henry R. Mallory's crew of 77, 34 Navy gunners, and the 384 American military personnel she was transporting to Iceland. Twenty-seven merchant sailors were lost from the other ships with 8500 tons of fuel oil, 13000 tons of diesel fuel, 7000 tons of general cargo, and 10500 tons of steel and lumber.

U-614 sank the straggling 5730-ton British freighter Harmala with 8500 tons of iron ore and 53 crewmen while Lobelia sank U-609.

No. 220 Squadron RAF B-17 Flying Fortress J sank U-614 on 7 February. U-402 sank the 4265-ton British freighter Newton Ash that night with 32 crewmen and 6500 tons of grain, stores, and mail. On 9 February Kapitänleutnant von Forstner was awarded the Knight's Cross for ships sunk by U-402 from this convoy and from Convoy SC-107 on the previous patrol. SC-118 reached Liverpool without further loss on 12 February.

References

  • Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-019-3.
  • Milner, Marc (1985). North Atlantic Run. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-450-0.
  • Morison, Samuel Eliot (1975). History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume I The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1943. Little, Brown and Company.
  • Rohwer, J. and Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  1. Hague 2000 p.133
  2. Hague 2000 p.135
  3. Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191
  4. Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191
  5. Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191
  6. Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191
  7. Hague 2000 p.137
  8. Morison 1975 p.336
  9. Hague 2000 p.137
  10. Hague 2000 p.137
  11. Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191
  12. Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.191
  13. Hague 2000 p.135
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