Convoy QS-15

Convoy QS 15
Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the St. Lawrence
Date 5–8 July 1942 Location St. Lawrence River, near Cap-Chat Result German tactical victory
Belligerents
Kriegsmarine	Royal Canadian Navy Greece Norway United Kingdom Panama Belgium Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Karl Dönitz Ernst Vogelsang	J.P. Fraser
Strength
	12 merchant ships 1 escort
Casualties and losses
1 U-boat damaged	3 ships sunk

Convoy QS-15 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was one of the numbered QS Convoys which travelled from Québec to Sydney, Nova Scotia. The convoy was attacked in the early weeks of the Battle of the St. Lawrence, in the St. Lawrence River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, when German U-boats were making ad hoc forays deep into Canadian waters. The convoy was found on 6 July 1942 by U-132, which then sank three ships. U-132 was attacked and damaged by the convoy escort ship HMCS Drummondville.