Convoy | |||||||
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Part of The Battle of the Atlantic of the Second World War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany Italy |
United Kingdom 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.