# Convoy ON 115

Convoy ON 115 was a trade convoy of 43 merchant ships with 12 escort ships during the Second World War. The convoy departed Liverpool on 24 July 1942 and arrived at Boston on 8 August. Three ships were lost to U-boats during the crossing and two were damaged.

## Name

It was the 115th of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America.

## Action

The ships departed Liverpool on 24 July 1942 and were joined on 25 July by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group C-3. They were found on 29 July by the seven U-boats of Wolfpack Wolf. Six U-boats formed Wolfpack Pirat on 1 August and reached the convoy on 2 August. Three ships were sunk before contact was lost in misty weather on 3 August. Surviving ships reached Boston on 8 August.

## Ships in the convoy

| Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
| HMCS Agassiz | Royal Canadian Navy | | Escort 31 Jul – 3 Aug Corvette |
| Agwidale (1918) | United States | 4,763 | Collision then straggled |
| Arletta (1925) | United Kingdom | 4,870 | Straggled and sunk by U-458 on 5 Aug SSW of Cape Race. 36 of the 41 crew died. Survivors were picked up by USS Menemsha (AG-39) |
| Asbjorn (1935) | United Kingdom | 4,387 | Bound for Sydney |
| Athelchief (1939) | United Kingdom | 10,000 | Bound for Curaçao |
| Belgian Soldier (1941) | Belgium | 7,167 | Torpedoed and damaged by U-553 then straggled and was sunk by U-607 on 4 Aug 21 dead. |
| Brimanger (1929) | Norway | 4,883 | Bound for New York City |
| Cistula (1939) | Netherlands | 8,097 | Bound for Halifax |
| Collingsworth (1920) | United States | 5,101 | Bound for New York City |
| Corner Brook (1925) | United Kingdom | 5,767 | Bound for Halifax |
| Delhi (1925) | Sweden | 4,571 | Bound for New York City |
| Dorcasia (1938) | United Kingdom | 8,053 | Bound for New York City |
| El Lago (1920) | Panama | 4,221 | Straggled |
| Emma Bakke (1929) | Norway | 4,721 | 13 passengers, bound for New York City |
| Empire Heywood (1942) | United Kingdom | 7,030 | Bound for New York City |
| Empire Ocean (1941) | United Kingdom | 6,765 | Ashore 4 Aug 42; Sank in tow 5 Aug 42 |
| Empire Southey (1942) | United Kingdom | 7,041 | |
| Empire Spray (1941) | United Kingdom | 7,242 | Bound for Halifax |
| Empire Trader (1908) | United Kingdom | 9,990 | Bound for New York City then Auckland |
| G S Walden (1935) | United Kingdom | 10,627 | Tanker. Torpedoed by U-552 on 3 Aug east of Cape Race and towed into St. John's, Newfoundland. 1 dead |
| HMCS Galt | Royal Canadian Navy | | Escort 25 Jul – 3 Aug Corvette |
| Gyda (1934) | United Kingdom | 1,695 | Bound for Halifax |
| HMCS Hamilton | Royal Canadian Navy | | Escort 2 Aug Destroyer |
| Herbrand (1935) | Norway | 9,108 | Bound for Halifax |
| Hoegh Hood (1936) | Norway | 9,351 | Bound for Halifax |
| Jamaica Planter (1936) | United Kingdom | 4,098 | Bound for New York City |
| Katy (1931) | Norway | 6,825 | Bound for New York City |
| HMCS La Malbaie | Royal Canadian Navy | | Escort 3 – 8 Aug Corvette |
| Lochkatrine (1922) | United Kingdom | 9,419 | Freighter. In ballast. Sunk by U-553. 9 dead. Survivors picked up by HMCS Hamilton And HMCS Agassiz |
| HMCS Louisburg | Royal Canadian Navy | | Escort 25 Jul – 3 Aug . Took in damaged G S Walden to St. John's, Newfoundland |
| Lucellum (1938) | United Kingdom | 9,425 | Returned |
| Manchester Trader (1941) | United Kingdom | 5,671 | Bound for Halifax thence Saint John, New Brunswick. Rear-Admiral H C Rawlings (Vice-Commodore) |
| Montreal City (1920) | United Kingdom | 3,066 | Bound for New York City |
| Mount Evans (1919) | Panama | 5,598 | Bound for New York City |
| Norsk Tank (1928) | Norway | 9,720 | Bound for Halifax |
| Ornefjell (1937) | Norway | 1,334 | Bound for Halifax |
| Otina (1938) | United Kingdom | 6,217 | Bound for Halifax |
| Pacific Grove (1928) | United Kingdom | 7,117 | 17 Passengers, Bound for New York City. Admiral Sir A J Davies (Commodore) |
| Regent Panther (1937) | United Kingdom | 9,556 | Bound for New York City |
| HMCS Rimouski | Royal Canadian Navy | | Escort 3 – 8 Aug Corvette |
| Robert F Hand (1933) | United Kingdom | 2,197 | Bound for Halifax |
| HMCS Sackville | Royal Canadian Navy | | Escort 25 Jul – 4 Aug Corvette |
| HMCS Saguenay | Royal Canadian Navy | | Escort 25 Jul – 1 Aug Destroyer |
| San Ernesto (1939) | United Kingdom | 8,078 | Bound for New York City |
| Seminole (1936) | United Kingdom | 10,389 | Bound for New York City |
| HMCS Skeena | Royal Canadian Navy | | Escort 25 – 31 Jul Destroyer sunk U-588 with depth charges on 31 Jul |
| Solfonn (1939) | Norway | 9,925 | Bound for Aruba |
| Tilapa (1928) | United Kingdom | 5,392 | Bound for Halifax |
| Topdalsfjord (1921) | Norway | 4,271 | Bound for Hampton Roads |
| Tudor Prince (1940) | United Kingdom | 1,914 | Bound for Halifax |
| USS Swanson | United States Navy | | Escort. Destroyer |
| HMS Verity | Royal Navy | | Escort 3 – 8 Aug Destroyer |
| Westland (1931) | Netherlands | 5,888 | 9 Passengers, Bound for New York City |
| HMCS Wetaskiwin | Royal Canadian Navy | | Escort 25 Jul – 2 Aug Corvette. Sunk U-588 with depth charges on 31 Jul |
| HMS Witch | Royal Navy | | Escort 2 Aug Destroyer |