Convoy HX 47

Convoy HX.47
Part of World War II
Date14/15 June 1940
Location
Result German tactical victory
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Germany United Kingdom United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
V.Adm. Karl Dönitz Adm. B S Thesiger
Strength
2 U-boats 58 merchant ships
2 escorts
Casualties and losses
3 ships sunk

Convoy HX 47 was a North Atlantic convoy of the HX series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was the 47th of the numbered series of merchant convoys run by the Allies from Halifax to Liverpool. The convoy was attacked by German U-boats and lost three of its 58 ships.