| Conflict: | Convoy ON.113 |
| Partof: | World War II |
| Date: | 17–31 July 1942 |
| Place: | North Sea |
| Combatant1: | Germany |
| Combatant2: |  Canada United Kingdom |
| Commander1: | Admiral Karl Dönitz |
| Strength1: | 11 U-boats of Wolf pack Wolf |
| Strength2: | 37 merchant ships 11 Escorts |
| Casualties2: | 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[1] 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.[2]
These ships were members of Convoy ON 113.[1]
| Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln (1929) |  | 5,740 | New York City |
| Amastra (1935) | 8,031 | New York City | |
| Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul | |||
| Antilochus (1906) | 9,082 | New York City | |
| Bayano (1917) | 6,815 | 96 passengers | |
| Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |||
| British Engineer (1922) | 6,993 | New York City | |
| British Harmony (1941) | 8,453 | New York City | |
| British Merit (1942) | 8,093 | Maiden voyage in ballast. Damaged by [3] on 25 Jul. 1 dead. Towed to St John's, Newfoundland | |
| Broompark (1939) | 5,136 | Torpedoed by on 25 Jul sank 1 Aug | |
| Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |||
| Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul | |||
| HMS Cavina (1924) | 6,907 | 140 passengers Banana-boat requisitioned from Fyffes by the Admiralty | |
| Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul | |||
| Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul | |||
| Daldorch (1930) | 5,571 | 12 passengers, New York City | |
| Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |||
| Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |||
| (1941) | 7,061 | CAM ship. New York City | |
| 8,129 | Oil tanker. 9 passengers. New York City for Curaçao | ||
| (1941) | 7,047 | Sydney | |
| Empire Rainbow (1941) | 6,942 | CAM ship. Sunk by and .[4] No dead | |
| Empire Rowan (1922) | 9,545 | CAM ship. New York City | |
| Empire Tarpon (1920) | 6,085 | New York City | |
| Empire Unity (1927) | 6,386 | Liverpool to Loch Ewe | |
| Evita (1927) | | 6,346 | New York City |
| Explorer (1935) | 6,235 | New York City | |
| Harpefjell (1939) | | 1,333 | Sydney |
| Inverilen (1938) | 9,456 | New York City | |
| J L M Curry (1942) |  | 7,176 | New York City |
| Malayan Prince (1926) | 8,953 | 4 passengers, New York City | |
| Mount Evans (1919) |  | 5,598 | New York City |
| Norsol (1941) | | 8,236 | New York City |
| Pacific Pioneer (1928) | 6,734 | Sunk by on 30 Jul[5] | |
| Pan Aruba (1931) | | 9,231 | New York City |
| Pan-Maine (1936) | | 7,237 | New York City |
| Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |||
| Richmond Hill (1940) | 7,579 | New York City | |
| Salamis (1939) | | 8,286 | New York City |
| Senga (1913) | 5,140 | New York City | |
| Solsten (1929) | | 5,379 | New York City |
| St Clair (1937) | 1,637 | ||
| Escort 18 Jul – 26 Jul | |||
| Stancleeve (1942) | 5,970 | Halifax | |
| Thorhild (1935) | | 10,316 | New York City |
| Vav (1931) | | 6,415 | New York City |
| Escort 26 Jul – 31 Jul | |||
| Zaanland (1921) |  | 6,813 | Oban |