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Convoy SC-100 was the 100th of the numbered series of World War II Slow Convoys of merchant ships from Sydney, Cape Breton Island to Liverpool. The convoy departed Halifax on 12 September 1942〔Hague, pp.133-135〕 and was joined on 16 September〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Convoy SC.100 )〕 by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group A-3. The convoy had been scattered by an equinoctial storm when U-boats found it on 18 September. The ships of Group A-3 were not fast enough to catch surfaced U-boats;〔Willoughby, p.198〕 and the U-boats sank five scattered ships before losing contact on 25 September.〔Rohwer & Hummelchen, pp.144&162〕 Surviving ships reached Liverpool on 28 September.〔 ==Escorts== The convoy was ecorted by the following allied warships:- *13 Corvettes : * HMCS ''Bittersweet'', HMCS ''Kenogami'', HMCS ''Louisburg'', HMCS ''Lunenburg'', HMCS ''Matapedia'', HMCS ''Mayflower'', HMCS ''Moose Jaw'', HMS ''Nasturtium'', HMCS ''Prescott'', HMCS ''Rosthern'', HMCS ''Trillium'', HMCS ''Weyburn'', HMCS ''Woodstock *2 Destroyers : * ORP ''Blyskawica'', HMCS ''Niagara'' *1 Sloop : * HMS ''Deptford'' *1 ASW Trawler : * HMS ''Kingston Beryl'' *1 Frigate : * HMS ''Rother'' *1 LST : * HMS ''Narvik'' *2 Treasury-class cutter : * USCGC ''Campbell'', USCGC ''Spencer'' 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 SC 100」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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