Convoy SC 2

Convoy SC 2
Part of World War II
Date6–9 September 1940
Location
North Atlantic
Result German tactical victory
Belligerents
Germany United Kingdom
Canada
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz Comm: EK Boddam-Whitham
SOE:
Strength
3 U-boats 54 ships
7 escorts
Casualties and losses
none 5 ships sunk
110 killed

SC 2 was an Allied North Atlantic convoy of the SC series which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was attacked by a wolfpack of German U-boats, losing five merchant ships.

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