HX-65A
Halifax/ New York - UK (North Atlantic)24 Aug 1940 - 26 Aug 1940
| The Convoy | |
| First sighting | On 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. |
Ships hit from convoy HX-65A
| Date | U-boat | Commander | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Aug 1940 | U-124 | Georg-Wilhelm Schulz | Fircrest | 5,394 |  | br | ||
| 25 Aug 1940 | U-124 | Georg-Wilhelm Schulz | Harpalyce | 5,169 | | br | ||
| 25 Aug 1940 | U-124 | Georg-Wilhelm Schulz |  | Stakesby (d.) | 3,900 | | br | |
| 25 Aug 1940 | U-48 | Hans Rudolf Rösing | Athelcrest | 6,825 | | br | ||
| 25 Aug 1940 | U-48 | Hans Rudolf Rösing | Empire Merlin | 5,763 | | br | ||
| 27,051 | ||||||||
4 ships sunk (23,151 tons) and 1 ship damaged (3,900 tons). Legend | ||||||||
| 4 ships sunk for a total of 23,151 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 3,900 GRT |
Resource id #36
ms = 58.24N11.25W,58.30N10.15W,58.52N06.34W
Locations of ships hit from convoy HX-65A.
Some 77 convoys on route HX were hit by U-boats in the war. |
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