Convoy QS-15

Convoy QS 15
Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the St. Lawrence
Date 5–8 July 1942 Location St. Lawrence River, near Cap-Chat
Belligerents
Kriegsmarine	Royal Canadian Navy Greece Norway United Kingdom Panama Belgium Yugoslavia
Commanders and leaders
Karl Dönitz Ernst Vogelsang
Strength
	12 merchant ships 1 escort
Casualties and losses
1 U-boat damaged	3 ships sunk

Convoy QS-15 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was one of the numbered QS Convoys from Quebec to Sydney. The convoy was found on 6 July 1942 by U-132, which then sank three ships from the convoy. U-132 was attacked and damaged by the convoy escort ship HMCS Drummondville.

Ships in the convoy

Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT)	Notes
Anastassios Pateras (1914)	Greece	3,382	Sunk by U-132
Carmelfjell (1935)	Norway	1,334
Dinaric (1919)	United Kingdom	1,905	Sunk by U-132
HMCS Drummondville (1941)	Royal Canadian Navy	358	Escort 5–8 July
Fjordheim (1930)	Norway	4,115
Hainaut (1905)	Belgium	5,729	Sunk by U-132
Kalliopi (1910)	Greece	5,965
Panchito (1910)	Panama	4,015
Sloga (1913)	Yugoslavia	4,323

Bibliography

• Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.

External links

• The story of QS-15 at veterans.gc.ca

See also

• No. 130 Squadron RCAF