Convoy OG 69

Convoy OG.69
Part of World War II
Date 19 July – 1 August 1941 Location North Atlantic Result Axis victory
Belligerents
Germany  Italy	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz
Strength
8 U-boats 2 Italian submarines	28 merchant ships 17 escorts
Casualties and losses
	9 ships sunk 68 killed

Convoy OG 69 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War. It was the 69th of the numbered OG convoys Outbound from the British Isles to Gibraltar. The convoy departed Liverpool on 20 July 1941^[1] and was found on 25 July by Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condors of Kampfgeschwader 40. Nine ships were sunk by submarine attacks continuing through 30 July.^[2]