Convoy ON 113

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Convoy ON.113
Part of World War II
Date17–31 July 1942
Location
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Germany Canada Canada
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz
Strength
11 U-boats of Wolf pack Wolf 37 merchant ships
11 Escorts
Casualties and losses
5 ships Sunk
1 Damaged

Convoy ON 113 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the second World War. It was the 113th of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America. The ships departed Liverpool on 17 July 1942 and were joined on 18 July[1] by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group C-2. They were found on 24 July by the eleven U-boats of Wolf pack Wolf. Five ships were sunk before the convoy reached Halifax, Nova Scotia on 31 July.[2]

Ships in the convoy[edit]

These ships were members of Convoy ON 113.[1]

Name Flag Tonnage (GRT) Notes
Abraham Lincoln (1929)  Norway 5,740 New York City
Amastra (1935)  United Kingdom 8,031 New York City
HMCS Annapolis  Royal Canadian Navy Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul
Antilochus (1906)  United Kingdom 9,082 New York City
Bayano (1917)  United Kingdom 6,815 96 passengers
HMCS Brandon  Royal Canadian Navy Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
British Engineer (1922)  United Kingdom 6,993 New York City
British Harmony (1941)  United Kingdom 8,453 New York City
British Merit (1942)  United Kingdom 8,093 Maiden voyage in ballast. Damaged by U-552[3] on 25 Jul. 1 dead.
Towed to St John's, Newfoundland
Broompark (1939)  United Kingdom 5,136 Torpedoed by U-552 on 25 Jul sank 1 Aug
HMS Burnham  Royal Navy Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
HMCS Calgary  Royal Canadian Navy Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul
HMS Cavina (1924)  United Kingdom 6,907 140 passengers
Banana-boat requisitioned from Fyffes by the Admiralty
HMCS Chicoutimi  Royal Canadian Navy Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul
HMCS Columbia  Royal Canadian Navy Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul
Daldorch (1930)  United Kingdom 5,571 12 passengers, New York City
HMCS Dauphin  Royal Canadian Navy Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
HMCS Drumheller  Royal Canadian Navy Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
Empire Faith (1941)  United Kingdom 7,061 CAM ship. New York City
Empire Flint  United Kingdom 8,129 Oil tanker. 9 passengers. New York City for Curaçao
Empire Foam (1941)  United Kingdom 7,047 Sydney
Empire Rainbow (1941)  United Kingdom 6,942 CAM ship. Sunk by U-607 and U-704.[4] No dead
Empire Rowan (1922)  United Kingdom 9,545 CAM ship. New York City
Empire Tarpon (1920)  United Kingdom 6,085 New York City
Empire Unity (1927)  United Kingdom 6,386 Liverpool to Loch Ewe
Evita (1927)  Norway 6,346 New York City
Explorer (1935)  United Kingdom 6,235 New York City
Harpefjell (1939)  Norway 1,333 Sydney
Inverilen (1938)  United Kingdom 9,456 New York City
J L M Curry (1942)  United States 7,176 New York City
Malayan Prince (1926)  United Kingdom 8,953 4 passengers, New York City
Mount Evans (1919)  Panama 5,598 New York City
Norsol (1941)  Norway 8,236 New York City
Pacific Pioneer (1928)  United Kingdom 6,734 Sunk by U-132 on 30 Jul[5]
Pan Aruba (1931)  Norway 9,231 New York City
Pan-Maine (1936)  United States 7,237 New York City
HMS Polyanthus  Royal Navy Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
Richmond Hill (1940)  United Kingdom 7,579 New York City
Salamis (1939)  Norway 8,286 New York City
Senga (1913)  Yugoslavia 5,140 New York City
Solsten (1929)  Norway 5,379 New York City
St Clair (1937)  United Kingdom 1,637
HMCS St. Croix  Royal Canadian Navy Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
Stancleeve (1942)  United Kingdom 5,970 Halifax
Thorhild (1935)  Norway 10,316 New York City
Vav (1931)  Norway 6,415 New York City
HMS Walker  Royal Navy Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul
Zaanland (1921)  Netherlands 6,813 Oban

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Convoy ON.113". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  2. ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.150
  3. ^ "MV British Merit – British Motor tanker". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  4. ^ "MV Empire Rainbow – British Motor tanker". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Pacific Pioneer – British Motor merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 28 October 2013.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
  • Rohwer, J.; Hummelchen, G. (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-105-X.

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