Convoy HX 90

Convoy
Part of The Battle of the Atlantic of the Second World War
Date1–3 December 1940
Location
Result Axis victory
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Germany
 Italy
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Canada Canada
Commanders and leaders
Karl Dönitz Escort: M. S. Townsend
V. P. Alleyne
Strength
7 U-boats
3 Italian submarines
41 ships
5 escorts
Casualties and losses
none 11 ships sunk (73,495 GRT)
174 killed

Convoy HX 90 (1–3 December 1940) was a North Atlantic convoy of the HX series in the Second World War which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in both world wars.