Convoy ON 122

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 and were joined on 17 August by Escort Group B6 of the Mid-Ocean Escort Force.

Convoy ON 122
Part of Battle of the Atlantic
Date22–25 August 1942
Location
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
5 escort ships
9 submarines
Casualties and losses
4 merchants sunk (17,235 GRT)
40 killed/drowned
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