Convoy HX 84

Convoy HX 84 was the 84th of the numbered series of Allied North Atlantic HX convoys of merchant ships from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Liverpool, England during the battle of the Atlantic. Thirty-eight ships escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay departed Halifax on 28 October 1940, eastbound to Liverpool.

On 5 November 1940, the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer found the convoy at 50°30′N 32°00′W / 50.500°N 32.000°W / 50.500; -32.000 and attacked immediately. Captain E.S.F. Fegen of Jervis Bay attacked the raider so as to delay Admiral Scheer and to allow the convoy to escape. Jervis Bay was sunk after 20 minutes of fighting with the loss of 190 of her crew. Nevertheless, their sacrifice allowed the convoy to begin to scatter. The merchant ship Beavorford, armed with only two guns, engaged Admiral Scheer in a cat and mouse gunnery duel that lasted for five hours before Beaverford was sunk with all hands. This allowed most of the convoy to complete their escape.Admiral Scheer was only able to sink six of the 38 ships in the convoy.