Convoy SC 130

Convoy SC 130
Part of World War II
HMS Duncan in March 1943
Date 18–20 May 1943 Location North Atlantic Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Germany	United Kingdom  Canada
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz	Comm: HC Forsyth B-7 Group: Cdr. P Gretton
Strength
25 U-boats	37 ships 8 escorts
Casualties and losses
3 U-boats destroyed 1 U-boat damaged 142 dead	no ships sunk

Convoy SC 130 was a North Atlantic convoy which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was the 130th of the numbered series of Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool.^[1] SC 130 was one of several convoy battles that occurred during the crisis month of May 1943.