Convoy ON 92

Convoy ON.92

Date	6–21 May 1942
Location	North Atlantic

Belligerents

Nazi Germany

United Kingdom

Royal Canadian Navy

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
Achilles (1906)	Netherlands	1,815	Bound for St John’s, Newfoundland
Alex (1914)	United Kingdom	3,932	Bound for Halifax
HMCS Algoma (K127)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 7 May – 18 May. Corvette
HMCS Arvida (K113)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 7 May – 14 May. Corvette
Batna (1928)	United Kingdom	4,399	Sunk By U-94^[13] SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland On 13 May. 1 dead. Survivors picked up by Bury
Belinda (1939)	Norway	8,325	Bound for Corpus Christi, Texas
HMS Bittersweet (K182)	Royal Navy		Escort 7 May – 18 May. Corvette
British Power (1936)	United Kingdom	8,451	Bound for Houston
Bury (1911)	United Kingdom	1,686	Convoy rescue ship bound for Halifax
HMCS Calgary (K231)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 17 May – 21 May. Corvette
Carras (1918)	Greece	5,234	Bound for Father Point, Quebec
Chagres (1919)	Panama	5,545	Bound for Boston
HMCS Charlottetown (K244)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 14 May – 17 May. Corvette
Clearpool (1935)	United Kingdom	5,404	Bound for Father Point, Quebec
Cocle (1920)	Panama	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)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 17 May – 19 May. Destroyer
Cristales (1926)	United Kingdom	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)	Panama	6,664	Bound for Beaumont, Texas
Dimitrios Chandris (1910)	Greece	4,643	Returned
Dorcasia (1938)	United Kingdom	8,053	Bound for Houston
Dorington Court (1939)	United Kingdom	5,281	Bound for New York City
Elisabeth Lensen (1910)	United Kingdom	4,212	Bound for Father Point, Quebec
Empire Antelope (1919)	United Kingdom	4,945	Bound for Halifax. Ship’s Master is Vice-Commodore
Empire Chamois (1918)	United Kingdom	5,684	Bound for Baltimore
Empire Clive (1941)	United Kingdom	7,069	CAM Ship. Bound for Halifax
Empire Dell (1941)	United Kingdom	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)	United Kingdom	2,888	Bound for Halifax
Errington Court (1925)	United Kingdom	4,913	Bound for River Clyde
Evanger (1920)	Norway	3,869
Fort Binger (1919)	United Kingdom	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)	United Kingdom	4,224
Grey Lag (1910)	Panama	3,312	Bound for Halifax
HMCS Halifax (K237)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 16 May – 17 May. Corvette
Ivan Topic (1920)	Yugoslavia	4,943	Bound for New York City
Juno (1908)	Netherlands	1,763	Bound for New York City
HMCS Kamsack (K171)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 16 May – 17 May
Langleebrook (1930)	United Kingdom	4,246	Bound for New York City
Lisbeth (1922)	Norway	2,732	Bound for Halifax
Llanover (1928)	United Kingdom	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)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 17 May – 21 May. Corvette
Mount Parnes (1917)	Greece	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)	Greece	5,182	Bound for Montreal
Mount Taurus (1920)	Greece	6,696	Bound for Montreal
Portsea (1938)	United Kingdom	1,583	Bound for Pictou
Ragnhild (1941)	Norway	2,866	Bound for Father Point, Quebec
HMCS Regina (K234)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 16 May – 17 May. Corvette
San Ambrosio (1935)	United Kingdom	7,410
Selvik (1920)	Norway	1,557
Selvistan (1924)	United Kingdom	5,136	Bound for Halifax
HMCS Shediac (K110)	Royal Canadian Navy		Escort 7 May – 16 May. Corvette
Solarium (1936)	United Kingdom	6,239	Bound for Baton Rouge
Southern Princess (1915)	United Kingdom	2,156	Bound for Boston. Capt R Gill CBE Rd RNR (Commodore)
Spokane (1929)	Panama	2,882	Bound for Charleston, South Carolina
Suecia (1912)	Sweden	4,966	Returned
Titanian (1924)	Norway	4,880	Bound for Father Point, Quebec
Tolken (1922)	Sweden	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)	United States Coast Guard		Escort 7 May – 18 May. Coast Guard cutter
USS Gleaves (DD-423)	United States Navy		Escort 7 May – 18 May. Destroyer
USS Plunkett (DD-431)	United States Navy		Escort 16 May – 17 May. Destroyer
HMS Verity (D63)	Royal Navy		Escort 14 May – 17 May. Destroyer
HMS Walker (D27)	Royal Navy		Escort 17 May – 21 May. Destroyer
HMS Witherington (D76)	Royal Navy		Escort 14 May – 21 May. Destroyer
Zypenberg (1920)	Netherlands	4,973	Bound for New York City

References

1 2 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.

External links

ON.92 at convoyweb

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