Convoy SC 19

Convoy SC.19
Part of World War II
Date 12 January – 2 February 1941 Location North Sea Result German victory
Belligerents
Kriegsmarine	Royal Canadian Navy  Royal Navy
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz
Strength
~4 U-boats	28 merchant ships 11 escorts (9 during attack)
Casualties and losses
	7 ships sunk

Convoy SC 19 was the 19th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The trade convoy left Halifax, Nova Scotia on 12 January 1941^[1] and was found by U-boats of the 7th U-boat Flotilla on 29 January. Seven ships were sunk before the convoy reached Liverpool on 2 February.^[2]