Convoy ON 92
Appearance
Convoy ON 92 | |||||||
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Part of the Battle of the Atlantic of World War II | |||||||
USS Gleaves, 18 June 1941 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany |
United Kingdom United States Canada | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Werner von Schmidt | R Gill | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
9 submarines |
1 destroyer 4 corvettes 1 cutter 46 merchantmen | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None |
9 killed 7 merchantmen sunk 1 merchantmen damaged |
Convoy ON 92 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was the 92nd of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America. The ships departed from Liverpool on 6 May 1942[1] and were joined on 7 May[2] by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group A-3.
The convoy was discovered by Wolfpack Hecht on 11 May; seven ships were sunk before the U-boats lost contact with the convoy on 13 May.[3] Surviving ships reached Halifax, Nova Scotia on 21 May.[1]
U-boats
The convoy was attacked by Wolfpack Hecht, which consisted of U-boats, namely:
- U-94 (Oberleutnant zur See Otto Ites)[4]
- U-96 (Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel)[5]
- U-116 (Korvettenkapitän Werner von Schmidt)[6]
- U-124 (Kapitänleutnant Johann Mohr)[7]
- U-406 (Kapitänleutnant Horst Dieterichs)[8]
- U-569 (Kapitänleutnant Hans-Peter Hinsch)[9]
- U-578 (Korvettenkapitän Ernst-August Rehwinkel)[10]
- U-590 (Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Muller-Edzards)[11]
Ships in the convoy[12]
Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
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Achilles (1906) | Netherlands | 1,815 | Bound for St John's, Newfoundland |
Alex (1914) | United Kingdom | 3,932 | Bound for Halifax |
Batna (1928) | United Kingdom | 4,399 | Sunk By U-94[13] SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland On 13 May. 1 dead. Survivors picked up by Bury |
Belinda (1939) | Norway | 8,325 | Bound for Corpus Christi, Texas |
British Power (1936) | United Kingdom | 8,451 | Bound for Houston |
Bury (1911) | United Kingdom | 1,686 | Convoy rescue ship bound for Halifax. Reportedly carrying equipment for High-frequency direction finding, But provided inadequate readings to The Escorts Gleaves and Ingham |
Carras (1918) | Greece | 5,234 | Bound for Father Point, Quebec |
Chagres (1919) | Panama | 5,545 | Bound for Boston |
Clearpool (1935) | United Kingdom | 5,404 | Bound for Father Point, Quebec |
Cocle (1920) | Panama | 5,630 | Sunk By U-94[14] on 12 May 740 nautical miles (1,370 km) SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland. 5 dead. Survivors picked up by Bury and landed at St.John's, Newfoundland. |
Cristales (1926) | United Kingdom | 5,389 | Sunk by U-124[15] on 12 May SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland. 0 dead. Abandoned and sunk by gunfire from HMCS Shediac. Survivors picked up by Shediac and USCGC Spencer and landed at Boston. |
Dean Emery (1919) | Panama | 6,664 | Bound for Beaumont, Texas |
Dimitrios Chandris (1910) | Greece | 4,643 | Returned |
Dorcasia (1938) | United Kingdom | 8,053 | Bound for Houston |
Dorington Court (1939) | United Kingdom | 5,281 | Bound for New York City |
Elisabeth Lensen (1910) | United Kingdom | 4,212 | Bound for Father Point, Quebec |
Empire Antelope (1919) | United Kingdom | 4,945 | Bound for Halifax. Ship's Master is Vice-Commodore |
Empire Chamois (1918) | United Kingdom | 5,684 | Bound for Baltimore |
Empire Clive (1941) | United Kingdom | 7,069 | CAM Ship. Bound for Halifax |
Empire Dell (1941) | United Kingdom | 7,065 | CAM ship. Sunk by U-124[16] on 12 May. 2 dead. Survivors picked up by HMCS Shediac and Bury, and landed at St. John's, Newfoundland |
Empire Wolfe (1941) | United Kingdom | 2,888 | Bound for Halifax |
Errington Court (1925) | United Kingdom | 4,913 | Bound for River Clyde |
Evanger (1920) | Norway | 3,869 | |
Fort Binger (1919) | United Kingdom | 5,671 | With torpedo damage (uxb), in the port bow, from U-588[17] on 18 May. 1 dead. Fog closed in, so U-boat lost contact |
Gazcon (1932) | United Kingdom | 4,224 | |
Grey Lag (1910) | Panama | 3,312 | Bound for Halifax |
Ivan Topic (1920) | Yugoslavia | 4,943 | Bound for New York City |
Juno (1908) | Netherlands | 1,763 | Bound for New York City |
Langleebrook (1930) | United Kingdom | 4,246 | Bound for New York City |
Lisbeth (1922) | Norway | 2,732 | Bound for Halifax |
Llanover (1928) | United Kingdom | 4,959 | Sunk by U-124[18] SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland on 12 May. 0 Dead. Scuttled by HMCS Arvida. Survivors picked up by Bury and landed at St. John's, Newfoundland |
Mount Parnes (1917) | Greece | 4,371 | Sunk by U-124[19] on 12 May 650 nautical miles (1,200 km) SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland. 0 dead. |
Mount Rhodope (1919) | Greece | 5,182 | Bound for Montreal |
Mount Taurus (1920) | Greece | 6,696 | Bound for Montreal |
Portsea (1938) | United Kingdom | 1,583 | Bound for Pictou |
Ragnhild (1941) | Norway | 2,866 | Bound for Father Point, Quebec |
San Ambrosio (1935) | United Kingdom | 7,410 | |
Selvik (1920) | Norway | 1,557 | |
Selvistan (1924) | United Kingdom | 5,136 | Bound for Halifax |
Solarium (1936) | United Kingdom | 6,239 | Bound for Baton Rouge |
Southern Princess (1915) | United Kingdom | 2,156 | Bound for Boston. Capt R Gill CBE Rd RNR (Commodore) |
Spokane (1929) | Panama | 2,882 | Bound for Charleston, South Carolina |
Suecia (1912) | Sweden | 4,966 | Returned |
Titanian (1924) | Norway | 4,880 | Bound for Father Point, Quebec |
Tolken (1922) | Sweden | 4,471 | Sunk by U-94[20] 675 nautical miles (1,250 km) SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland On 13 May. 0 dead. Survivors picked up by Bury and landed at St. John's, Newfoundland |
Zypenberg (1920) | Netherlands | 4,973 | Bound for New York City |
Convoy escorts
Name | Flag | Type | Joined | Left |
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HMCS Algoma (K127) | Royal Canadian Navy | Template:Sclass2- | 7 May 1942 | 18 May 1942 |
HMCS Arvida (K113) | Royal Canadian Navy | Template:Sclass2- | 7 May 1942 | 14 May 1942 |
HMS Bittersweet (K182) | Royal Navy | Template:Sclass2- | 7 May 1942 | 18 May 1942 |
HMCS Shediac (K110) | Royal Canadian Navy | Template:Sclass2- | 7 May 1942 | 16 May 1942 |
USCGC Ingham (WPG-35) | United States Navy | Template:Sclass2- | 7 May 1942 | 18 May 1942 |
USS Gleaves (DD-423) | United States Navy | Template:Sclass2- | 7 May 1942 | 18 May 1942 |
In Popular Culture
The song "Wolfpack" from the Sabaton album Primo Victoria covers the attack on Convoy O-92 by Wolfpack Hecht. [21]
References
- ^ a b Hague, p. 158
- ^ "ON convoys". Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen, p. 139
- ^ "Kapitänleutnant – Otto Ites". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "Kapitänleutnant – Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "Korvettenkapitän – Werner von Schmidt". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "Kapitänleutnant – Johann Mohr". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "Kapitänleutnant – Horst Dieterichs". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "Kapitänleutnant – Hans-Peter Hinsch". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "Korvettenkapitän – Ernst-August Rehwinkel". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "Kapitänleutnant – Heinrich Muller-Edzards". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "Convoy ON.92". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Batna – British Steam Merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Cocle – Panamanian steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Cristales – British steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Empire Dell – British Catapult armed merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Fort Binger – British steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Llanover – British steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Mount Parnes – Greek steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Tolken – Swedish steam merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ "Primo Victoria", Wikipedia, 6 April 2020, retrieved 22 June 2020
Bibliography
- 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.