Convoy ON 153

Convoy ON.153
Part of World War II
Date 11 December 1942 – 31 December 1942 Location North Atlantic Result German tactical victory
Belligerents
Germany	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Admiral Karl Dönitz	Rear-Admiral Sir E Manners KBE
Strength
13 U-boats	45 merchant ships 6 escorts
Casualties and losses
	3 ships sunk 1 Damaged 249 killed

Convoy ON-153 was the 153rd of the numbered series of ON convoys of merchant ships Outbound from the British Isles to North America. The World War II convoy departed Liverpool on 11 December 1942 and was met on 12 December by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group B-7. Two merchant ships and the escort group leader were sunk in a North Atlantic battle with U-boat Wolf pack Raufbold before reaching the Western Ocean Meeting Point (WOMP) where the Western Local Escort Force assumed responsibility for the convoy on 23 December. Surviving ships reached New York City on 31 December.^[1]