Convoys SG-6/LN-6

Convoy SG 6/LN 6
Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the St. Lawrence
Date 27-28 September 1942 Location Strait of Belle Isle
Belligerents
Nazi Germany	Canada 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^[1]

Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT)	Notes
Chatham (1926)	United States	5,649	Sunk by U-517
USCGC Mojave (1921)	United States		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 (1934)	United States		Escort SG-6S
USCGC Mohawk (1935)	United States		Escort SG-6S
USS Laramie (1921)	United States		Damaged by U-165
HMCS Trail (1940)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort LN-6

References

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

Bibliography

• Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.

External links

• The story of SG-6 and LN-6 at veterans.gc.ca

See also

• No. 10 Squadron RCAF