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Convoys SG-6/LN-6

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Convoy SG 6/LN 6
Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the St. Lawrence
Date27–28 August 1942
Location
Belligerents
 Germany Canada Canada
United States United States
Commanders and leaders
Karl Dönitz
Eberhard Hoffmann
Paul Hartwig
Strength
2 U-boats 6 merchant ships
3 escorts/1 escort
Casualties and losses
2 ships sunk
1 ship damaged

Convoy SG-6 was a supply convoy of merchant and troop ships during the Second World War. It was one of the numbered SG Convoys from Sydney to Greenland. The convoy was split into two groups, with Chatham being escorted by USCG Mojave in a formation coded SG-6F, while the remainder were with SG-6S. SG-6F was found and attacked on 27 September 1942 by U-517, sinking Chatham, while U-165 contacted SG-6S, sinking 1 ship and damaging another. Convoy LN-6, which was a supply convoy from Quebec City to Goose Bay, was nearby and its escort HMCS Trail broke off to conduct rescue operations.

Ships in the convoy SG-6

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Name[1] Flag Tonnage (GRT) Notes
Chatham (1926)  United States 5,649 Sunk by U-517
USCGC Mojave  United States Coast Guard Escort SG-6F
Alcoa Guard (1918)  United States 4,905
Arlyn (1919)  United States 3,304 Sunk by U-517
Biscaya (1939)  Norway 1,323
Harjurand (1919)  United States 812
USCGC Algonquin  United States Coast Guard Escort SG-6S
USCGC Mohawk  United States Coast Guard Escort SG-6S
USS Laramie  United States Navy Damaged by U-165
HMCS Trail  Royal Canadian Navy Escort LN-6

References

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  1. ^ "Convoy". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

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