Convoy HX 112

Convoy HX 112
Part of Second World War
Date 15/17 March 1941 Location Western Approaches Result British victory
Belligerents
Germany	United Kingdom  Canada
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz	convoy: escort : Cdr Donald Macintyre
Strength
5 U-boats	41 ships 6 escorts
Casualties and losses
2 U-boats sunk	6 ships sunk

HX 112 was a North Atlantic convoy of the HX series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. It saw the loss of U-boats commanded by two of the Kriegsmarine's most celebrated commanders and propaganda heroes: U-99 under Otto Kretschmer (POW), and U-100 under Joachim Schepke (KIA).