Convoy SC-94

Convoy SC-94

Convoy SC-94 was the 94th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. [Hague 2000 p.133] Thirty ships departed Sydney on 31 July 1942; [Hague 2000 p.135] and were met by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group C-1 consisting of the Canadian River class destroyer "Assiniboine" with Flower class corvettes "Battleford", "Chilliwack", "Dianthus", "Nasturtium", "Orillia", and "Primrose". [Milner 1985 p.285] "U-593" reported the convoy on 5 August and torpedoed the 3616-ton Dutch freighter "Spar". [Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.153] "Assiniboine" sank "U-210" on 6 August. [Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.153]

"U-379" torpedoed the 2537-ton British freighter "Anneberg" and the 6367 ton American freighter "Kaimoku" on the afternoon of 8 August while "U-176" torpedoed the 3956-ton British freighter "Kelso", the 4817-ton British freighter "Trehata", and the 7914-ton Greek freighter "Mount Kassion". [Hague 2000 p.137] Three undamaged ships were abandoned in the resulting panic. [Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.153] One of them, the 3701-ton British freighter "Radchurch", was later torpedoed by "U-176". [Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.153] Forty-one merchant sailors were lost with 3000 tons of steel, 3000 tons of food, 3200 tons of wood pulp, 2000 tons of ammunition, and 16218 tons of general cargo, iron ore, and Army stores. [Hague 2000 p.137] Thornycroft type flotilla leader "Broke" and the Polish destroyer "Blyskawica" arrived to reinforce the escort as "Dianthus" left the convoy to repair damage incurred while ramming and sinking "U-379". [Rohwer & Hummelchen 1992 p.153]

"U-438" torpedoed 4439-ton Greek freighter "Condylis" during daylight on 10 August while "U-660" torpedoed the 3807-ton British freighter "Cape Race", the 6259 ton British freighter "Empire Reindeer", and the 6008-ton British freighter "Oregon". [Hague 2000 p.137] Twenty merchant sailors were lost with 1040 tons of steel, 3979 tons of lumber, 14057 tons of general cargo, and 6924 tons of grain and trucks. [Hague 2000 p.137] The remainder of the convoy reached Liverpool on 13 August. [Hague 2000 p.133]

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