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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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Convoy ON.153 )〕 ==Escorts== The convoy was protected by Escort Group B-7 comprising *2 Destroyers : *Royal Navy - HMS ''Chesterfield'', HMS ''Firedrake'' *4 Corvettes : *Royal Navy - HMS ''Alisma'', HMS ''Pink'', HMS ''Snowflake'', HMS ''Sunflower'' *1 Replenishment oiler : * ''British Lady'' and by a Western Local Escort Force of *1 Destroyer : *Royal Canadian Navy - HMCS ''Annapolis'' *3 Corvettes : *Royal Canadian Navy - HMCS ''Buctouche'', HMCS ''Edmundston'', HMCS ''Timmins'' *1 Minesweeper : *Royal Canadian Navy - HMCS ''Minas'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Convoy ON 153」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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