Convoy HX 84
Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1]
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Convoy HX 84 | |||||||
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Part of World War II | |||||||
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Germany | United Kingdom | ||||||
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Theodor Krancke | E.S.F. Fegen † | ||||||
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1 heavy cruiser |
38 merchant ships 3 escorts (1 during attack) | ||||||
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None |
5 merchants sunk 1 merchant damaged 1 escort sunk (1 merchant sunk post-dispersal) |
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