Convoy ON 113
Appearance
Convoy ON.113 | |||||
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Part of World War II | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
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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[1]
Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
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Abraham Lincoln (1929) | ![]() |
5,740 | New York City |
Amastra (1935) | ![]() |
8,031 | New York City |
HMCS Annapolis (I04) | ![]() |
Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul | |
Antilochus (1906) | ![]() |
9,082 | New York City |
Bayano (1917) | ![]() |
6,815 | 96 passengers |
HMCS Brandon (K149) | ![]() |
Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |
British Engineer (1922) | ![]() |
6,993 | New York City |
British Harmony (1941) | ![]() |
8,453 | New York City |
British Merit (1942) | ![]() |
8,093 | Maiden voyage in ballast. Damaged by U-552[3] on 25 Jul. 1 dead. Towed to St John’s, Newfoundland |
Broompark (1939) | ![]() |
5,136 | Torpedoed by U-552 on 25 Jul sank 1 Aug |
HMS Burnham (H82) | ![]() |
Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |
HMCS Calgary (K231) | ![]() |
Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul | |
HMS Cavina (1924) | ![]() |
6,907 | 140 passengers Banana-boat requisitioned from Fyffes by the Admiralty |
HMCS Chicoutimi (K156) | ![]() |
Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul | |
Columbia (I49) | ![]() |
Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul | |
Daldorch (1930) | ![]() |
5,571 | 12 passengers, New York City |
HMCS Dauphin (K157) | ![]() |
Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |
HMCS Drumheller (K167) | ![]() |
Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |
Empire Faith (1941) | ![]() |
7,061 | CAM ship. New York City |
Empire Flint (1941) | ![]() |
8,129 | Oil tanker. 9 passengers. New York City for Curaçao |
Empire Foam (1941) | ![]() |
7,047 | Sydney |
Empire Rainbow (1941) | ![]() |
6,942 | CAM ship. Sunk by U-607 and U-704.[4] No dead |
Empire Rowan (1922) | ![]() |
9,545 | CAM ship. New York City |
Empire Tarpon (1920) | ![]() |
6,085 | New York City |
Empire Unity (1927) | ![]() |
6,386 | Liverpool to Loch Ewe |
Evita (1927) | ![]() |
6,346 | New York City |
Explorer (1935) | ![]() |
6,235 | New York City |
Harpefjell (1939) | ![]() |
1,333 | Sydney |
Inverilen (1938) | ![]() |
9,456 | New York City |
J L M Curry (1942) | ![]() |
7,176 | New York City |
Malayan Prince (1926) | ![]() |
8,953 | 4 passengers, New York City |
Mount Evans (1919) | ![]() |
5,598 | New York City |
Norsol (1941) | ![]() |
8,236 | New York City |
Pacific Pioneer (1928) | ![]() |
6,734 | Sunk by U-132 on 30 Jul[5] |
Pan Aruba (1931) | ![]() |
9,231 | New York City |
Pan-Maine (1936) | ![]() |
7,237 | New York City |
HMS Polyanthus (K47) | ![]() |
Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |
Richmond Hill (1940) | ![]() |
7,579 | New York City |
Salamis (1939) | ![]() |
8,286 | New York City |
Senga (1913) | ![]() |
5,140 | New York City |
Solsten (1929) | ![]() |
5,379 | New York City |
St Clair (1937) | ![]() |
1,637 | |
HMCS St Croix (I81) | ![]() |
Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |
Stancleeve (1942) | ![]() |
5,970 | Halifax |
Thorhild (1935) | ![]() |
10,316 | New York City |
Vav (1931) | ![]() |
6,415 | New York City |
HMS Walker (D27) | ![]() |
Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul World War I-era destroyer | |
Zaanland (1921) | ![]() |
6,813 | Oban |
References
- ^ a b "Convoy ON.113". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.150
- ^ "MV British Merit – British Motor tanker". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "MV Empire Rainbow – British Motor tanker". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "Pacific Pioneer – British Motor merchant". www.uboat.net. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
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.