Convoy SC 130

Convoy SC 130
Part of World War II

HMS Duncan in March 1943
Date18–20 May 1943
Location
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Germany  United Kingdom
 Canada
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz Comm: HC Forsyth
B-7 Group: Cdr. P Gretton
Strength
25 U-boats 37 ships
8 escorts
Casualties and losses
3 U-boats destroyed
1 U-boat damaged
142 dead
no ships sunk

Convoy SC 130 was a North Atlantic convoy which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was the 130th of the numbered series of Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool.[1] SC 130 was one of several convoy battles that occurred during the crisis month of May 1943.

  1. ^ Hague 2000, p. 133.