Convoy LN-7

Convoy LN 7
Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the St. Lawrence
Date 3 September 1942 Location Gulf of St. Lawrence
Belligerents
Germany	Canada United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Karl Dönitz Eberhard Hoffmann Paul Hartwig
Strength
1 U-boat	3 merchant ships 1 escort
Casualties and losses
	1 ships sunk

Convoy LN-7 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was one of the numbered LN Convoys from Quebec City to Goose Bay, Labrador. The convoy was found on 2 September 1942 by U-517, which then destroyed the merchant ship Donald Stewart early the next morning.

Ships in the convoy^[1]

Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT)	Notes
Canatco (1919)	Canada	2,414
Donald Stewart (1923)	Canada	1,781	Sunk by U-517
Ericus (1919)	United Kingdom	2,215
HMCS Weyburn (K173) (1941)	Royal Canadian Navy	1,036	Escort 31 August-5 September

References

Bibliography

• Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3. 

External links

• The story of LN-7 at veterans.gc.ca

See also

• No. 10 Squadron RCAF