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Convoy HX 112
Part of Second World War
Date15/17 March 1941
Location
Western Approaches
Result British victory
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Germany United Kingdom United Kingdom
Convoy HX 112 Canada
Commanders and leaders
Nazi Germany Admiral Karl Dönitz convoy:
escort : United Kingdom Cdr Donald Macintyre
Strength
5 U-boats 41 ships
6 escorts
Casualties and losses
2 U-boats sunk 6 ships sunk

HX 112 was a North Atlantic convoy of the HX series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War. It saw the loss of U-boats commanded by two of the Kriegsmarine's most celebrated commanders and propaganda heroes: U-99 under Otto Kretschmer (POW), and U-100 under Joachim Schepke (KIA).

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