Convoy QS-33

Convoy QS 33
Part of World War II, Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of the St. Lawrence
Date 6–10 September 1942 Location St. Lawrence River
Belligerents
Nazi Germany	Canada Greece Norway United States
Commanders and leaders
Karl Dönitz Eberhard Hoffmann Paul Hartwig
Strength
2 U-boats	8 merchant ships 3 escorts
Casualties and losses
	5 ships sunk

Convoy QS 33 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was one of the numbered QS Convoys from Quebec to Sydney. The convoy was found on 6 September 1942 by U-165, which then destroyed 2 ships from the convoy while U-517 destroyed 3.

Ships in the convoy^[1]

Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT)	Notes
Aes (1915)	Greece	4,729	Sunk by U-165
HMCS Arrowhead (1940)	Royal Canadian Navy	358	Escort 6–10 September
Bencas (1943)	Norway	1,445
Coniscliffe Hall (1928)	Canada	1,905
John S Pillsbury (1943)	United States	7,176
Mount Pindus (1920)	Greece	5,729	Sunk by U-517
Mount Taygetus (1921)	Greece	3,286	Sunk by U-517
Oakton (1923)	Canada	1,272	Sunk by U-517
Penetang	Canada
HMCS Raccoon (1931)	Royal Canadian Navy	358	Escort 6–7 September, Sunk by U-165
HMCS Truro (1942)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 6–10 September

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• The story of QS-33 at veterans.gc.ca

See also

• No. 113 Squadron RCAF