Convoy SC 104

Convoy SC 104
Part of World War II

HMS Fame (September 1942)
Date12–16 October 1942
Location
Result German victory
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Germany United Kingdom United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
CinC:Admiral Karl Dönitz Commodore: CAPT F H Taylor RN
Escort: CDR R Heathcote
Strength
8 U-boats 48 freighters
2 destroyers
4 corvettes
Casualties and losses
2 U-boats sunk
2 U-boats damaged
50 dead
8 freighters sunk
2 destroyers damaged
216 dead

Convoy SC 104 was the 104th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool.[1] During October 1942, a U-boat wolf pack sank eight ships from the convoy. The convoy escorts sank two of the attacking submarines.

  1. ^ Hague 2000 p. 133