Convoy HX 49

Convoy HX 49
Part of World War II
Date 21/22 June 1940 Location Atlantic Ocean Result German tactical victory
Belligerents
Germany	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
V.Adm. Karl Dönitz	V.Adm. L D Mackinnon
Strength
3 U-boats	50 merchant ships 2 escorts
Casualties and losses
no losses	3 ships sunk 1 ship sunk after dispersal

Convoy HX 49 was a North Atlantic convoy of the HX series which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was the 49th of the numbered series of merchant convoys run by the Allies from Halifax to Liverpool. The convoy was attacked by German U-boats, losing three of its 50 ships sunk.^[1] Another ship was lost after dispersal.