Talk:First Happy Time

Convoys

 * Convoy HX-48
 * Convoy SC-2
 * Convoy HX-72
 * Convoy SC-7
 * Convoy HX-79
 * Convoy HX-84
 * Convoy HX-90
 * Convoy HX-106
 * Convoy HX-112
 * Convoy OB-293

Other

 * Karl Dönitz was a Rear admiral at the start, became a Vice Admiral on Sep 1, 1940
 * From July 1940 to the end of October, 282 Allied ships were sunk off of the north-west approaches of Ireland for a loss of 1,489,795 tons of merchant shipping.


 * Various dates and reasons for the end of the First Happy Time include:
 * March 1941, with the German loss of three prominent u-boat aces: Günther Prien, Joachim Schepke and Otto Kretschmer.