Convoy SC 107
Name Flag Tonnage gross register tons ( GRT ) Cargo Notes
Agios Georgios ( 1911 ) Greece 4,248 Grain & general cargo Survived this convoy and convoy ONS 5
Ann Skakel ( 1920 ) United States 4,949 Detached to Iceland 7 Nov ; survived this convoy and convoy SC 118
Benedick ( 1928 ) United Kingdom 6,978 Furnace fuel oil Survived this convoy , convoy SC 122 and convoy SC 130
Berkel ( 1930 ) Netherlands 2,130 Lumber Survived this convoy , convoy ON 154 and convoy ONS 5
Bruarfoss ( 1927 ) Iceland 1,580 Detached to Iceland 7 Nov
Carrier ( 1921 ) Norway 3,036 Grain
Dalcroy ( 1930 ) United Kingdom 4,558 1,809 tons steel & lumber Sunk by U-402
Daleby ( 1929 ) United Kingdom 4,640 8,500 tons grain Veteran of convoy SC 26 ; sunk by U-89
Empire Antelope ( 1919 ) United Kingdom 4,945 5,560 tons general cargo Veteran of convoy SC 94 ; sunk by U-402
Empire Leopard ( 1917 ) United Kingdom 5,676 7,410 tons zinc concentrates Sunk by U-402
Empire Lynx ( 1917 ) United Kingdom 6,379 7,850 tons general cargo Sunk by U-132
Empire Shackleton ( 1941 ) United Kingdom 7,068 Steel & lumber CAM ship ; survived to be sunk the following month in convoy ON 154
Empire Sunrise ( 1941 ) United Kingdom 7,459 10,000 tons steel & lumber Sunk by U-402 & U-84
Empire Union ( 1924 ) United Kingdom 5,952 General cargo Survived to be sunk the following month in convoy ON 154
Fairwater ( 1928 ) United Kingdom 4,108 Steel & lumber
Geisha ( 1921 ) Norway 5,113 General cargo Ship 's master was convoy vice-commodore
Granfoss ( 1913 ) Norway 1,461 Flour
Hahira ( 1920 ) United States 6,855 8,985 tons furnace fuel oil Sunk by U-521
Hartington ( 1932 ) United Kingdom 5,496 Tanks & 8,000 tons wheat Sunk by U-522 , U-438 & U-521
Hatimura ( 1918 ) United Kingdom 6,690 Food , steel , ammunition & explosives Sunk by U-132
Ships in convoy
Convoy SC 107 was the 107th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The ships departed New York City on 24 October 1942 and were found and engaged by a wolfpack of U-boats which sank fifteen ships. It was the heaviest loss of ships from any trans-Atlantic convoy through the winter of 1942-43. The attack included one of the largest non-nuclear man-made explosions in history, when U-132 torpedoed ammunition ships SS Hobbema and SS Hatimura - both were sunk, one exploded, with the German submarine also being destroyed in the explosion.