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Convoy HX 106
Convoy HX 106 was the 106th of the numbered series of Allied HX convoys of merchant ships from HalifaX to Liverpool. Forty-one ships departed Halifax, Nova Scotia on 30 January 1941, eastbound to Liverpool, England. The use of convoys was a standard tactic throughout the Battle of the Atlantic as a defence against U-boats and German commerce raiders.
On 8 February 1941 the two German battleships, ''Scharnhorst'' and ''Gneisenau'', appeared over the horizon. The German squadron was under the command of Admiral Günther Lütjens. The captain of the ''Scharnhorst'' offered to draw off the escorting Royal Navy battleship HMS ''Ramillies'', so that the ''Gneisnau'' could sink the merchant ships. This strategy, if successful, would have entailed little risk to ''Scharnhorst'' as she was faster than ''Ramillies'', and her newer 11" guns outranged the 1915 era 15" guns of the British ship. However, Lutjens strictly followed Hitler's directive not to engage enemy capital ships, and withdrew.〔
Later, two of the convoy's merchant ships were sunk by the submarine ''U-96'', including the ''MV Arthur F. Corwin'' loaded with 14,500 tons of aviation spirit. She went down on 13 February taking all 59 crew with her.
==Ships in the Convoy〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Convoy HX.106 )〕==
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