Convoy SC 100

Convoy SC 100
Part of World War II
Date 12–28 September 1942 Location North Atlantic Result German tactical victory
Belligerents
Germany	Canada United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz	Comm:Capt. NH Gale SOE:Cdr. P Heineman
Strength
17 U-boats	26 merchant ships 21 escorts
Casualties and losses
	5 ships sunk,110 killed

Convoy SC 100 was a North Atlantic convoy, one of the SC series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was the 100th of the numbered series of slow convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. It came under attack, one of several convoy battles that occurred during the autumn and winter of 1942, losing five ships.