Convoy HX 90

Convoy HX 90
Part of The Battle of the Atlantic of the Second World War

Map of the North Atlantic Ocean
Date1–3 December 1940
Location
Western Approaches
Result Axis victory
Belligerents
Germany
 Italy		 United Kingdom
Canada
Commanders and leaders
Karl Dönitz Escort: M. S. Townsend
Convoy commodore: V. P. Alleyne
Strength
7 U-boats
3 Italian submarines		 41 ships
5 escorts
Casualties and losses
none 11 ships sunk (73,495 GRT)
174 killed

Convoy HX 90 (1–3 December 1940) was a North Atlantic convoy of the HX series in the Second World War which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in both world wars.

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