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.Rohwer & Hummelchen, p.150
Ships in the convoy These ships were members of Convoy ON 113. NameFlagTonnage (GRT)NotesAbraham Lincoln (1929)5,740New York CityAmastra (1935)8,031New York CityEscort 26 Jul – 31 JulAntilochus (1906)9,082New York CityBayano (1917)6,81596 passengersEscort 18 Jul – 26 JulBritish Engineer (1922)6,993New York CityBritish Harmony (1941)8,453New York CityBritish Merit (1942)8,093Maiden voyage in ballast. Damaged by on 25 Jul. 1 dead.Towed to St John's, NewfoundlandBroompark (1939)5,136Torpedoed by on 25 Jul sank 1 AugEscort 18 Jul – 26 JulEscort 26 Jul – 31 JulHMS Cavina (1924)6,907140 passengersBanana-boat requisitioned from Fyffes by the AdmiraltyEscort 26 Jul – 31 JulEscort 26 Jul – 31 JulDaldorch (1930)5,57112 passengers, New York CityEscort 18 Jul – 26 JulEscort 18 Jul – 26 Jul (1941)7,061CAM ship. New York City8,129Oil tanker. 9 passengers. New York City for Curaçao (1941)7,047SydneyEmpire Rainbow (1941)6,942CAM ship. Sunk by and . No deadEmpire Rowan (1922)9,545CAM ship. New York CityEmpire Tarpon (1920)6,085New York CityEmpire Unity (1927)6,386Liverpool to Loch EweEvita (1927)6,346New York CityExplorer (1935)6,235New York CityHarpefjell (1939)1,333SydneyInverilen (1938)9,456New York CityJ L M Curry (1942)7,176New York CityMalayan Prince (1926)8,9534 passengers, New York CityMount Evans (1919)5,598New York CityNorsol (1941)8,236New York CityPacific Pioneer (1928)6,734Sunk by on 30 JulPan Aruba (1931)9,231New York CityPan-Maine (1936)7,237New York CityEscort 18 Jul – 26 JulRichmond Hill (1940)7,579New York CitySalamis (1939)8,286New York CitySenga (1913)5,140New York CitySolsten (1929)5,379New York CitySt Clair (1937)1,637Escort 18 Jul – 26 JulStancleeve (1942)5,970HalifaxThorhild (1935)10,316New York CityVav (1931)6,415New York CityEscort 26 Jul – 31 JulZaanland (1921)6,813Oban
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External links ON.113 at convoyweb