"14 merchant ships" . . . . "Convoy OA 178 was an Atlantic convoy that sailed in July 1940 from the Thames Estuary via the English Channel, prior to dispersal to various trans-Atlantic destinations."@en . "1940-07-04Z"^^ . . . . "unknown" . "1 corvette, 1 destroyer" . "Luftwaffe," . "22pxRoyal Navy," . "22pxMerchant Navy" . . "Convoy OA 178"@en . "German victory" . "United Kingdom:" . "Germany:" . . "A force ofE-boats" . "2 Gruppen of dive bombers fromStG 2," . "22pxKriegsmarine" .