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Convoy ON 113

Convoy ON.113
Part of World War II
Date 17–31 July 1942
Location North Sea
Belligerents
War Ensign of Germany (1938-1945).svg Germany Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
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 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.

These ships were members of Convoy ON 113.


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