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HX 228 was a North Atlantic convoy of the HX series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was one of a series of four convoy battles that occurred during the crisis month of March 1943 and is notable for the loss of the Escort Group leader Commander AA "Harry" Tait. ==Prelude== HX 228 was an east bound convoy of 60 ships, plus local contingents, which sailed from New York on 28 February 1943 bound for Liverpool and carrying war materials. The Mid-Ocean Escort Force group B3 joined the convoy from St Johns. The escort group was led by Commander AA Tait of HMS ''Harvester''; the other ships of this group were the destroyers HMS ''Escapade'', ORP ''Burza'' and ORP ''Garland'' and the corvettes HMS ''Narcissus'' and FNFL ships ''Aconit'', ''Renoncule'' and ''Roselys''. The group was backed by the escort carrier ''USS Bogue'' and 2 destroyers which sailed from Argentia on 5 March. Arrayed against them in the North Atlantic were three U-Boat patrol lines, ''Wildfang'', ''Burggraf'' and ''Neuland'', although in the event only a re-configured ''Neuland'', comprising 13 U-boats, engaged HX 228. In early March the U-boat rakes came in contact with SC 121, which was several days ahead of HX 228, and engaged it. The Admiralty diverted HX 228 north-east to avoid the conflict and thus straight into the ''Neuland'' patrol area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Convoy HX 228」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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