Convoy Will Scatter

A naval historian reveals the full story of the HMS Jervis Bay and the merchant ships that valiantly saved lives during the WWII Battle of the Atlantic. On November 5th, 1940, the thirty-eight merchant ships of Convoy HX84 were making their way across the North Atlantic, escorted by the armed cruiser HMS Jervis Bay . In mid-ocean, they were attacked by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer . Though the Jervis Bay charged at the enemy, she was hopelessly outgunned. Within twenty-two minutes