Convoy HX 72

Convoy HX 72
	Part of World War II
Date	20–22 September 1940
Location	Western Approaches
Result	German victory
Belligerents
Kriegsmarine	Royal Navy
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz	Comm: R Adm HH Rogers; Escort: Cdr AM Knapp
Strength
8 U-boats	43 ships; 5 escorts
Casualties and losses
none	11 ships sunk; (72,727 GRT); 2 ships damaged; (18,178 GRT); 113 killed

HX 72 was a North Atlantic convoy of the HX series which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. The convoy comprised 43 ships, of which 11 were sunk and another damaged by German U-boats , who suffered no losses.