A convoy quiz question

[Ping Panther]

Quiz question d'jour:

What was the largest Atlantic convoy of all time? :hmm:
I know the answer, who else knows?
Code letters, dates, number of ships?

[richardphat]

J'en ai aucune idee!:hmm:

[_Seth_]

If you`r thinking about WWII, could it be HXS-300? 167 Merchant ships, one frigate, six corvettes and four MAC's? Arrived in the UK August 3rd, 1944, after a 17 days crossing?:hmm:

[richardphat]

I think the person above got the answer:p

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by _Seth_

If you`r thinking about WWII, could it be HXS-300? 167 Merchant ships, one frigate, six corvettes and four MAC's? Arrived in the UK August 3rd, 1944, after a 17 days crossing?:hmm:

Spot on Seth mate

[Ping Panther]

Seth, you won! A gold medal finish! Congrats!

The documentation that is available of this convoy also describes that this size of convoy required a formation of 19 columns for their travel. As far as I could tell, this convoy seemed to have no reports of enemy encounters.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Ping Panther

Seth, you won! A gold medal finish! Congrats!

The documentation that is available of this convoy also describes that this size of convoy required a formation of 19 columns for their travel. As far as I could tell, this convoy seemed to have no reports of enemy encounters.

The Canadian Navy assisted in escorting across the Atlantic 25,343 merchant ships carrying nearly 200 million tons of cargo. During the Normandy invasion and for many months afterwards, the Canadian Navy provided the entire close escorts for Atlantic convoys as well as providing about 30% of the striking forces in the North Atlantic. A particularly noteworthy operation was the safe escort of Convoy HXS 300 from New York, Halifax, Sydney, Nova Scotia and St. Johns, Newfoundland in July 1944. This convoy totalled 167 ships carrying over a million tons of cargo and was escorted by an all-Canadian close escort. It reached the United Kingdom without losing a single ship.

[Piggy]

Way to go Canada!

At times the contribution of the Canadian Navy in the atlantic is forgotten.

Not by me though.

Salutes

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Piggy

Way to go Canada!

At times the contribution of the Canadian Navy in the atlantic is forgotten.

Not by me though.

Salutes

Couldn't agree more....and that is despite the fact the US and Britain often looked upon them as the poor relation.

[kranz]

find a convoy name connected with this guy: lived in 19th century, born in germany, died in london, philosopher, economist, the author of let's call it a "great idea" that involves russia, the soviets.

[Jimbuna]

Marx

[kranz]

very nice sir. now you have to recall some numbers, maybe this "Marx" guy had a name, remember that I live in Poland and we don't have letter "x"-but such a clever guy like you should find a substitution for it...

[Jimbuna]

I'm not sure what your meaning :hmm:

Karl Marx is it your referring too ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Couldn't agree more....and that is despite the fact the US and Britain often looked upon them as the poor relation.

I thought the US was the unwated relation of Canada?:hmm:

[_Seth_]

Thanx, mateys!
I`ll guess that Dönitz ripped off his hair when he heard that this convoy reached UK unharmed.. But: Did any u-boat observe this convoy? Considering the escorts, an attack wouldnt be the smartest thing to do. i`ll guess..