Convoy NH-79 is a North Atlantic convoy.
Consisted of 49 merchant ships and 12 escort ships. He was sent from Holifax ( Canada ) to England.
The convoy discovered the German submarine U-47 . Having reported to the headquarters the coordinates of the convoy and waiting for three ( U-46 , U-48 , U-100 ) sent to the area of submarines for coordinated actions, she was preparing for an attack. It began on the night of October 19-20, 1940.
In total, 14 out of 49 cargo ships (and according to other sources, 12) with a total tonnage of 75,069 gross tons were sunk by German submarines. Loss of the submarine had.