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Convoy HX 237 : ウィキペディア英語版 | Convoy HX 237
HX 237 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 several convoy battles that occurred during the crisis month of May 1943. ==Background== HX 237 was an east bound convoy of 47 ships, plus local contingents, which sailed from New York on 1 May 1943 bound for Liverpool and carrying war materials. Convoy commodore was Capt. R Gill RNR in ''Pacific Enterprise''. Mid-Ocean Escort Force group C2 joined the convoy from St Johns on 7 May. Escort group C2 was led by Cdr EH Chavasse in destroyer ''Broadway''; other ships of this group were frigate ''Lagan'' and three corvettes. These were joined on the same day by a Support Group, SG 5, comprising escort carrier ''Biter'' and four destroyers. Arrayed against them in the North Atlantic were the patrol lines ''Rhein'', ''Elbe'' and ''Drossel'', though although in the event only ''Rhein'' and ''Drossel'', comprising 19 U-boats, engaged HX 237.〔Blair p327〕
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