Convoy battles

HX-65

Halifax/ New York - UK (North Atlantic)

24 Aug 1940 - 26 Aug 1940

The Convoy
First sightingOn 24 Aug 1940
Escorts

U-boats

U-48, U-57 and U-124

The battle

Three U-boats on patrol near the Hebrides attacked the convoys HX-65 & HX-65A on August 24 and 25, 1940 and sank 6 ships for a total of 37,284 tons.

12 German aircraft from the Luftwaffe (4 He-115 & 8 Ju-88) also attacked one day later the convoy and sunk 2 further ships with 16,472 tons.

Article compiled by Tom Linclau

Ships hit from convoy HX-65


Date U-boat Commander Name of ship Tons Nat.
24 Aug 1940U-48Hans Rudolf Rösing La Brea6,666br
 6,666

1 ship sunk (6,666 tons).

1 ship sunk for a total of 6,666 GRT

Resource id #32

ms = 57.24N11.21W

Locations of ships hit from convoy HX-65.


Some 77 convoys on route HX were hit by U-boats in the war.
Read more about them.

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