Convoy ON 113


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 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.

Ships in the convoy

These ships were members of Convoy ON 113.
NameFlagTonnage Notes
Abraham Lincoln Norway5,740New York City
Amastra 8,031New York City
Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul
Antilochus 9,082New York City
Bayano 6,81596 passengers
HMCS Brandon Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
British Engineer 6,993New York City
British Harmony 8,453New York City
British Merit 8,093Maiden voyage in ballast. Damaged by on 25 Jul. 1 dead.
Towed to St John’s, Newfoundland
Broompark 5,136Torpedoed by on 25 Jul sank 1 Aug
Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
HMCS Calgary Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul
HMS Cavina 6,907140 passengers
Banana-boat requisitioned from Fyffes by the Admiralty
HMCS Chicoutimi Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul
Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul
Daldorch 5,57112 passengers, New York City
HMCS Dauphin Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
HMCS Drumheller Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
Empire Faith 7,061CAM ship. New York City
8,129Oil tanker. 9 passengers. New York City for Curaçao
` 7,047Sydney
Empire Rainbow 6,942CAM ship. Sunk by and. No dead
Empire Rowan 9,545CAM ship. New York City
Empire Tarpon 6,085New York City
Empire Unity 6,386Liverpool to Loch Ewe
Evita Norway6,346New York City
Explorer 6,235New York City
Harpefjell Norway1,333Sydney
Inverilen 9,456New York City
J L M Curry 7,176New York City
Malayan Prince 8,9534 passengers, New York City
Mount Evans Panama5,598New York City
Norsol Norway8,236New York City
Pacific Pioneer 6,734Sunk by on 30 Jul
Pan Aruba Norway9,231New York City
Pan-Maine 7,237New York City
HMS Polyanthus Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
Richmond Hill 7,579New York City
Salamis Norway8,286New York City
Senga Yugoslavia5,140New York City
Solsten Norway5,379New York City
St Clair 1,637
Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul
Stancleeve 5,970Halifax
Thorhild Norway10,316New York City
Vav Norway6,415New York City
HMS Walker Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul
World War I-era destroyer
Zaanland Netherlands6,813Oban