- Source: Convoy SL 78
Convoy SL 78 was the 78th of the numbered series of World War II SL convoys of merchant ships from Sierra Leone to Liverpool. Ships carrying commodities bound for the British Isles from South America, Africa, and the Indian Ocean traveled independently to Freetown to be convoyed for the last leg of their voyage. Twenty-five merchant ships departed Freetown on 18 June 1941. U-boats sank eight ships before the convoy reached Liverpool on 12 July.
Ships in the convoy
= Allied merchant ships
=A total of 26 merchant vessels joined the convoy, either in Sierra Leone or later in the voyage.
= Convoy escorts
=A series of armed military ships escorted the convoy at various times during its journey.
References
Bibliography
Blair, Clay (1996). Hitler's U-boat War:The Hunters 1939–1942. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-58839-8.
Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
External links
SL.78 at convoyweb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Convoy SL 78
- SL convoys
- Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic
- Convoy SL 125
- Convoy SL 139/MKS 30
- List of shipwrecks in June 1941
- List of naval battles
- Gibraltar convoys of World War II
- German submarine U-66 (1940)
- Convoy SL 138/MKS 28
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