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SC 48 was a North Atlantic convoy of the SC series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was notable for being the occasion of the ''Kearny'' incident, which brought the United States one step closer to war with Germany. ==Prelude== SC 48 was an east-bound convoy of 52 ships, carrying war materials and sailed from Sydney, Cape Breton on 5 October 1941 bound for Liverpool. It was under the command of Commodore HM Sanders in the MV ''Castalia''. It was escorted by a Canadian escort group consisting of the destroyer (Lt Cdr SW Davis as Senior Officer Escort), and seven corvettes; , , , , , and the Free French ''Mimosa''. Opposing this force was the patrol line ''Mordbrenner'', which was to have comprised eight U-boats and was in the process of forming south of Iceland near the Mid-Ocean Meeting Point. This was the point at which North Atlantic convoys were handed over between the Ocean and the Western Approaches escorts at this stage of the Atlantic campaign. Allied intelligence became aware of the presence of ''Mordbrenner'', and started to divert the convoys then at sea, but a loss of Ultra intelligence on 12/13 October left SC 48 in the dark; and on the night of 14/15 October it was sighted by ''U-553'' (K/L Karl Thurmann). At this point in time SC 48 was in some disarray; 11 of its ships, including ''Castalia'', were straggling following heavy weather on the night of 9/10 October. ''Columbia'' and two of the corvettes, ''Camrose'' and ''Rosthern'', were detached looking for them. A third corvette, ''Shediac'' was also separated by the storm and out of radio contact. On 14 October SC 48’s escort comprised just four corvettes; ''Wetaskiwin'' (as Acting SOE), ''Baddeck'', ''Gladiolus'' and ''Mimosa''. 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 48」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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