What the records say
- When
- 5 Nov 1940
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 50.50° N, 32.00° W
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Convoy HX 84.
Summary
WWII: Allied Convoy HX 84 is attacked by German cruiser Admiral Scheer in the North Atlantic; the sacrifice of escorting British armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay F40 under Capt. Edward Fegen and Beaverford enables a majority of the ships (including tanker ) to escape.
Convoy HX 84
Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War
Convoy HX 84 was the 84th of the numbered series of Allied North Atlantic HX convoys of merchant ships from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Bermuda to Liverpool, England, during the Battle of the Atlantic. Thirty-eight ships escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay departed from Halifax on 28 October 1940, eastbound to Liverpool.
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