Convoy ON 92
Appearance
Convoy ON.92 | |||||
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Part of Battle of the Atlantic, World War II | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||
Admiral Karl Dönitz | Capt R Gill CBE Rd RNR (Commodore) | ||||
Strength | |||||
9 U-boats |
46 merchant ships 17 escorts | ||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
7 ships sunk 1 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 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 Wolf pack Hecht on 11 May; and seven ships were sunk before the U-boats lost contact on 13 May.[3] Surviving ships reached Halifax on 21 May.[1]
U-boats
The convoy was attacked by Wolf pack Hecht, which comprised 9 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) | ![]() |
1,815 | Bound for St John’s, Newfoundland |
Alex (1914) | ![]() |
3,932 | Bound for Halifax |
HMCS Algoma (K127) | ![]() |
Escort 7 May – 18 May. Corvette | |
HMCS Arvida (K113) | ![]() |
Escort 7 May – 14 May. Corvette | |
Batna (1928) | ![]() |
4,399 | Sunk By U-94[13] SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland On 13 May. 1 dead. Survivors picked up by Bury |
Belinda (1939) | ![]() |
8,325 | Bound for Corpus Christi, Texas |
HMS Bittersweet (K182) | ![]() |
Escort 7 May – 18 May. Corvette | |
British Power (1936) | ![]() |
8,451 | Bound for Houston |
Bury (1911) | ![]() |
1,686 | Convoy rescue ship bound for Halifax |
HMCS Calgary (K231) | ![]() |
Escort 17 May – 21 May. Corvette | |
Carras (1918) | ![]() |
5,234 | Bound for Father Point, Quebec |
Chagres (1919) | ![]() |
5,545 | Bound for Boston |
HMCS Charlottetown (K244) | ![]() |
Escort 14 May – 17 May. Corvette | |
Clearpool (1935) | ![]() |
5,404 | Bound for Father Point, Quebec |
Cocle (1920) | ![]() |
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. |
HMCS Columbia (I49) | ![]() |
Escort 17 May – 19 May. Destroyer | |
Cristales (1926) | ![]() |
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) | ![]() |
6,664 | Bound for Beaumont, Texas |
Dimitrios Chandris (1910) | ![]() |
4,643 | Returned |
Dorcasia (1938) | ![]() |
8,053 | Bound for Houston |
Dorington Court (1939) | ![]() |
5,281 | Bound for New York City |
Elisabeth Lensen (1910) | ![]() |
4,212 | Bound for Father Point, Quebec |
Empire Antelope (1919) | ![]() |
4,945 | Bound for Halifax. Ship’s Master is Vice-Commodore |
Empire Chamois (1918) | ![]() |
5,684 | Bound for Baltimore |
Empire Clive (1941) | ![]() |
7,069 | CAM Ship. Bound for Halifax |
Empire Dell (1941) | ![]() |
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) | ![]() |
2,888 | Bound for Halifax |
Errington Court (1925) | ![]() |
4,913 | Bound for River Clyde |
Evanger (1920) | ![]() |
3,869 | |
Fort Binger (1919) | ![]() |
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) | ![]() |
4,224 | |
Grey Lag (1910) | ![]() |
3,312 | Bound for Halifax |
HMCS Halifax (K237) | ![]() |
Escort 16 May – 17 May. Corvette | |
Ivan Topic (1920) | ![]() |
4,943 | Bound for New York City |
Juno (1908) | ![]() |
1,763 | Bound for New York City |
HMCS Kamsack (K171) | ![]() |
Escort 16 May – 17 May | |
Langleebrook (1930) | ![]() |
4,246 | Bound for New York City |
Lisbeth (1922) | ![]() |
2,732 | Bound for Halifax |
Llanover (1928) | ![]() |
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 |
HMCS Midland (K220) | ![]() |
Escort 17 May – 21 May. Corvette | |
Mount Parnes (1917) | ![]() |
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) | ![]() |
5,182 | Bound for Montreal |
Mount Taurus (1920) | ![]() |
6,696 | Bound for Montreal |
Portsea (1938) | ![]() |
1,583 | Bound for Pictou |
Ragnhild (1941) | ![]() |
2,866 | Bound for Father Point, Quebec |
HMCS Regina (K234) | ![]() |
Escort 16 May – 17 May. Corvette | |
San Ambrosio (1935) | ![]() |
7,410 | |
Selvik (1920) | ![]() |
1,557 | |
Selvistan (1924) | ![]() |
5,136 | Bound for Halifax |
HMCS Shediac (K110) | ![]() |
Escort 7 May – 16 May. Corvette | |
Solarium (1936) | ![]() |
6,239 | Bound for Baton Rouge |
Southern Princess (1915) | ![]() |
2,156 | Bound for Boston. Capt R Gill CBE Rd RNR (Commodore) |
Spokane (1929) | ![]() |
2,882 | Bound for Charleston, South Carolina |
Suecia (1912) | ![]() |
4,966 | Returned |
Titanian (1924) | ![]() |
4,880 | Bound for Father Point, Quebec |
Tolken (1922) | ![]() |
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 |
USCGC Ingham (WPG-35) | ![]() |
Escort 7 May – 18 May. Coast Guard cutter | |
USS Gleaves (DD-423) | ![]() |
Escort 7 May – 18 May. Destroyer | |
USS Plunkett (DD-431) | ![]() |
Escort 16 May – 17 May. Destroyer | |
HMS Verity (D63) | ![]() |
Escort 14 May – 17 May. Destroyer | |
HMS Walker (D27) | ![]() |
Escort 17 May – 21 May. Destroyer | |
HMS Witherington (D76) | ![]() |
Escort 14 May – 21 May. Destroyer | |
Zypenberg (1920) | ![]() |
4,973 | Bound for New York City |
Trivia
The song Wolfpack by Sabaton is about this convoy and the attack.
References
- ^ a b Hague, p.158
- ^ "ON convoys". Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
- ^ 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 7 November 2013.
- ^ "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.
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.