Convoy HX 65

Convoy HX 65 was the 65th of the numbered series of World War II HX convoys of merchant ships from HalifaX to Liverpool. The convoy departed Halifax on 12 August 1940; and was attacked on 25 August by U-boats of 1st, 2nd and 7th U-boat Flotillas, operating out of Kiel and Wilhelmshaven. Six ships were sunk by the U-boats, and two more were sunk by four Heinkel He 115 and eight Junkers Ju 88 bombers of Küstenfliegergruppe 506 based at Stavanger Airport, Sola.

==Ships in the convoy ==