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Hans-Günther Kuhlmann
(U-7, U-580, U-166)
Convoy routes
Convoy route HX
Code HX
Route Homeward from Halifax
Area North Atlantic
From September 1939 to September 1942 from Halifax, then to May 1945 from New York. From July 1940 entry via North Channel, from October 1944 south of Ireland again.
Fast convoys from Halifax (later New York) to the UK, only ships sailing faster than 9 knots.
HX-129 was the first convoy escorted the entire convoy-route.
Convoys Date Losses
HX-5A Oct 1939 1 ship sunk with a total of 7,976 tons.
HX-5 Oct 1939 1 ship sunk with a total of 4,666 tons.
HX-14B Jan 1940 1 ship sunk with a total of 7,267 tons.
HX-18 Feb 1940 2 ships sunk with a total of 14,813 tons.
HX-19 Feb 1940 1 ship sunk with a total of 4,996 tons.
HX-22 Mar 1940 1 ship sunk with a total of 5,068 tons.
HX-47 Jun 1940 3 ships sunk with a total of 18,045 tons.
HX-52 Jul 1940 1 ship sunk with a total of 2,053 tons.
HX-55A Jul 1940 1 ship sunk with a total of 8,652 tons.
HX-60 Aug 1940 3 ships sunk with a total of 17,102 tons.
HX-62 Aug 1940 2 ships sunk with a total of 7,496 tons.
HX-65 Aug 1940 1 ship sunk with a total of 6,665 tons.
HX-65A Aug 1940 4 ships sunk with a total of 23,151 tons.
HX-65B Aug 1940 1 ship sunk with a total of 7,468 tons.
HX-70 Sep 1940 1 ship sunk with a total of 4,950 tons.
HX-71 Sep 1940 2 ships sunk with a total of 7,614 tons.
HX-72 Sep 1940 11 ships sunk with a total of 72,727 tons.
HX-76 Oct 1940 1 ship sunk with a total of 4,956 tons.
HX-77 Oct 1940 6 ships sunk with a total of 38,564 tons.
HX-79 Oct 1940 12 ships sunk with a total of 75,069 tons.
HX-82 Oct 1940 2 ships sunk with a total of 7,049 tons.
HX-83 Nov 1940 1 ship sunk with a total of 6,993 tons.
HX-90 Dec 1940 11 ships sunk with a total of 73,958 tons.
HX-92 Dec 1940 4 ships sunk with a total of 26,111 tons.
HX-97 Dec 1940 1 ship sunk with a total of 3,760 tons.
HX-106 Feb 1941 2 ships sunk with a total of 18,503 tons.
HX-112 Mar 1941 5 ships sunk with a total of 34,505 tons.
HX-117 Apr 1941 2 ships sunk with a total of 17,948 tons.
HX-126 May 1941 9 ships sunk with a total of 51,862 tons.
HX-128 May 1941 1 ship sunk with a total of 7,290 tons.
HX-133 Jun 1941 6 ships sunk with a total of 38,269 tons.
HX-156 Oct 1941 1 ship sunk with a total of 1,190 tons.
HX-166 Dec 1941 1 ship sunk with a total of 8,237 tons.
HX-168 Jan 1942 1 ship sunk with a total of 5,246 tons.
HX-174 Feb 1942 1 ship sunk with a total of 6,914 tons.
HX-178 Mar 1942 1 ship sunk with a total of 5,112 tons.
HX-194 Jun 1942 1 ship sunk with a total of 6,568 tons.
HX-212 Oct 1942 10 ships sunk with a total of 53,082 tons.
HX-216 Nov 1942 1 ship sunk with a total of 7,178 tons.
HX-217 Dec 1942 3 ships sunk with a total of 20,229 tons.
HX-222 Jan 1943 4 ships sunk with a total of 15,420 tons.
HX-229 Mar 1943 13 ships sunk with a total of 93,502 tons.
HX-233 Apr 1943 1 ship sunk with a total of 7,134 tons.
HX-305 Sep 1944 2 ships sunk with a total of 17,048 tons.
HX-337 Feb 1945 1 ship sunk with a total of 925 tons.
71 HX convoys successfully attacked in the war.
207 ships were sunk with a total of 1,294,327 GRT.
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