Convoy SL 78 was the 78th of the numbered series of World War IISL convoys of merchant ships from Sierra Leone to Liverpool. Ships carrying commodities bound for the British Isles from South America, Africa, and the Indian Ocean traveled independently to Freetown to be convoyed for the last leg of their voyage. Twenty-five merchant ships departed Freetown on 18 June 1941.[1]U-boats sank eight ships before the convoy reached Liverpool on 12 July.[2]
Ships in the convoy
Allied merchant ships
A total of 26 merchant vessels joined the convoy, either in Sierra Leone or later in the voyage.[3]
Captured from the Vichy French by HMS Cilicia on 19 June, and being sailed back to Europe from West Africa. Intercepted by two Vichy French warships, Air France IV and Edith Germaine, near Freetown on 21 June and sunk by their gunfire.[4][5] (see also Commander Bernard Peter de Neumann GM RN, second time sunk in the space of one month)
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