Convoy TM 1 | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of the Atlantic, World War II | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany | United Kingdom | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Karl Dönitz | United Kingdom Richard C. Boyle | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Fourteen submarines |
One destroyer and three corvettes (initial escort) Nine tankers | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Five submarines damaged | Seven tankers sunk |
Convoy TM 1 was a British convoy of World War II which suffered heavy losses from German U-boats while transporting oil from Trinidad to the Mediterranean between December 1942 and January 1943.