Convoy ON 166
Ships in convoy

Convoy ON 166

Section Title: Ships in convoy
Table Section Text: None

Name	Flag	Dead	Tonnage	Cargo	Notes

Amastra (1935)	United Kingdom	8,031 gross register tons (GRT)

Aruba (1929)	Netherlands	3,979 GRT	general cargo

Beauregard (1920)	United States	5,976 GRT	returned to England

Brasil (1935)	Norway	8,130 GRT

Charles H Cramp (1920)	United States	6,220 GRT	straggled 1 March

Chattanooga City (1921)	United States	0	5,687 GRT	(in ballast)	sunk by U-606 22 Feb

City of Canberra (1927)	United Kingdom	7,484 GRT	carried convoy commodore Capt W E B Magee DSO RN

Delilian (1923)	United Kingdom	6,423 GRT

Edward Rutledge (1942)	United States	7,177 GRT	16 passengers	Liberty ship; returned to England

El Almirante (1917)	Panama	5,248 GRT	returned to England

El Coston (1924)	Panama	7,286 GRT	joined from Iceland 16 Feb but returned to Iceland when leaking condenser caused water shortage

El Oceano (1925)	Panama	6,767 GRT

Empire Cato (1942)	United Kingdom	7,039 GRT	returned to England

Empire Cavalier (1942)	United Kingdom	9,891 GRT	joined Halifax to New York; survived this convoy and convoy HX 229

Empire Chivalry (1937)	United Kingdom	6,007 GRT

Empire Confidence (1935)	United Kingdom	5,023 GRT

Empire Redshank (1919)	United Kingdom	0	6,615 GRT	(in ballast)	torpedoed by U-606 & scuttled by escort 22 Feb

Empire Trader (1908)	United Kingdom	0	9,990 GRT	985 tons chemicals	veteran of convoy HX 79; torpedoed by U-92 & scuttled by escort 23 Feb

Empire Wordsworth (1942)	United Kingdom	9,891 GRT

Eulima (1937)	United Kingdom	63	6,207 GRT	(in ballast)	sunk by U-186 23 February

Exilona (1919)	United States	4,971 GRT

Expositor (1919)	United States	6	4,959 GRT	(in ballast)	sunk by U-606 & U-303

Fort Thompson (1942)	United Kingdom	7,134 GRT	coal

Fort Vermillion (1942)	United Kingdom	7,133 GRT

Franz Klasen (1932)	Panama	1,194 GRT

Gateway City (1920)	United States	5,432 GRT	veteran of convoy PQ 18

George W McKnight (1933)	United Kingdom	2,502 GRT

Glittre (1928)	Norway	3	6,402 GRT	(in ballast)	veteran of convoy ON 67; acting as escort oiler; sunk by U-628 & U-603 23 Feb

Gyda (1934)	United Kingdom	1,695 GRT	general cargo	straggled and lost following 24 Feb collision with Fort Thompson

Hastings (1920)	United States	9	5,401 GRT	(in ballast)	sunk by U-186 23 Feb

Ingria (1931)	Norway	0	4,391 GRT	(in ballast)	sunk by U-600 & U-628 24 Feb

Jonathan Sturges (1942)	United States	56	7,176 GRT	(in ballast)	Liberty ship straggled & sunk by U-653 24 Feb

Kaipaki (1939)	United Kingdom	5,862 GRT

Lechistan (1929)	Poland	1,937 GRT	general cargo	straggled 20 Feb

Lochmonar (1924)	United Kingdom	9,412 GRT	28 passengers	ship's master was convoy vice commodore

Madoera (1922)	Netherlands	9,382 GRT	straggled 24 Feb & damaged by U-653

Manchester Merchant (1940)	United Kingdom	36	7,264 GRT	(in ballast)	sunk by U-628 25 Feb

Mark Twain (1942)	United States	7,176 GRT	Liberty ship straggled with steering failure

Markay (1942)	United States	10,342 GRT	joined from Iceland 16 Feb; romped 23 Feb

Molda (1937)	Norway	5,137 GRT	general cargo

N T Nielsen-Alonso (1900)	Norway	3	9,348 GRT	(in ballast)	sunk by U-92 & U-753 22 Feb

Pacific Exporter (1928)	United Kingdom	6,734 GRT

Pacific Grove (1928)	United Kingdom	7,117 GRT

Pan-Maine (1936)	United States	7,237 GRT

Pan-Maryland (1938)	United States	7,701 GRT

Samuel Chase (1942)	United States	7,191 GRT	Liberty ship veteran of convoy PQ 17

Skandinavia (1940)	Norway	10,044 GRT	veteran of convoy ON 67

Stigstad (1927)	Norway	3	5,964 GRT	(in ballast)	straggled & sunk by U-332 & U-603 21 Feb

Stockport (1911)	United Kingdom	63	1,683 GRT	(rescued crewmen of sunken ships)	rescue ship; sunk by U-604 while rescuing survivors

Tai Shan (1929)	Norway	6,962 GRT	12 passengers

Thomas B Robertson (1942)	United States	7,176 GRT	Liberty ship romped & arrived New York 28 Feb

Thomas Hooker (1942)	United States	7,176 GRT	Liberty ship returned to England

Tortuguero (1921)	United Kingdom	5,285 GRT

Tropic Star (1926)	Norway	5,088 GRT

Wind Rush (1918)	United States	5,586 GRT

Winkler (1930)	Panama	20	6,907 GRT	(in ballast)	sunk by U-628 & U-223 23 Feb

Sentence(s)

U-628 torpedoed the Panamanian Winkler and Norwegian Glittre.

final_sentence: U-628 torpedoed the Panamanian Winkler and Norwegian Glittre.