Convoy ON 122

Convoy ON 122
Part of Battle of the Atlantic
Date22–25 August 1942
Location
North Atlantic
Result German victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 Norway		  Germany
Commanders and leaders
CAPT S.N. White RNR
LCDR J.V. Waterhouse RN		 BdU: Karl Dönitz
Strength
37 merchant ships[1]
5 escort ships		 9 submarines
Casualties and losses
4 merchants sunk (17,235 GRT)
40 killed/drowned[2]

Convoy ON 122 was a trade convoy of merchant ships during the Second World War. It was the 122nd of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America. The ships departed Liverpool on 15 August 1942[2] and were joined on 17 August[3] by Escort Group B6 of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference r&h was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Hague pp.158&161
  3. ^ "ON convoys". Andrew Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  4. ^ Milner pp.148-150