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CONVOY ON 127

This convoy will be updated, as this information is incomplete.
In the meantime, scroll down to ON 127 in the section listing ships in all ON convoys.

Convoy ON 127 Cruising Order
Departed Liverpool on Sept. 4-1942 and arrived New York on Sept. 20 (Arnold Hague gives 34 ships).
This table is based on info found in "Sjømann - Lang vakt", by Guri Hjeltnes (Book 3 of "Handelsflåten i Krig"). Code name for the convoy is given as "Rapture".

Details on ships sunk and casualties are added with the help of:
"The Allied Convoy System", Arnold Hague and "Axis Submarine Successes of WW II", Jürgen Rohwer.

Please note that not all the ships have been named in the table itself, more ships are named in the Notes below.

Br=British, Bel=Belgian, Pa=Panamanian, Norw=Norwegian, s=sunk, dam.=damaged, †=dead.

For info, several of the ships listed in this convoy had arrived England in Convoy HX 202. (Some subsequently returned to the U.K. with HX 210).
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Hindanger
s - 1†
(Norw)
21
Heranger
(Norw)
31
unnamed freighter
Clyde
s?
41
Laurits Swenson
(Norw)
51
Athelduchess
(Br)
61
San Andres
(Norw)
cancelled?
71
Montevideo
(Norw)
81
Empire Sailor
(Br)
91
unnamed freighter
Milford
 101
Fresno Star
(Br)
12
Elisabeth Van Belgie
s - 1†
(Bel)
22
F. J. Wolfe
dam
(Br)
32
unnamed freighter
Clyde
42
Hektoria
s - 1†
(Br)
52
British Tradition
(Br)
62
unnamed freighter
Milford
72
Modavia
(Br)
82
Bayano
(Br)
92
unnamed freighter
Milford
 102
13
Stone Street
s
(Pa)
23
unnamed freighter
Clyde
s?
 33
unnamed freighter
Clyde
s?		 43
unnamed freighter
Milford		 53
unnamed freighter
Milford		 63
unnamed freighter
Milford		 73
Egda
(Norw)		 83
Vardefjell
(Norw)
cancelled?		 93
unnamed freighter
Milford		 103
14
unnamed freighter
Aultbea		 24
unnamed freighter
Clyde		 34
unnamed freighter
Aultbea		 44
unnamed freighter
Milford		 54
unnamed freighter
Milford		 64
unnamed freighter
Aultbea		 74
unnamed freighter
Aultbea		 84
unnamed freighter
Aultbea		 94
unnamed freighter
Aultbea		 104
15 25 35 45 55
unnamed freighter
Aultbea		 65 75 85 95 105


Notes:
Commodore was E. C. Cohrane in Athelduchess (for New York).
Vice Commodore was H. J. Woodward in Empire Sailor (for St. John N. B.).
Rear Commodore ship was Empire Moonbeam (for New York).

I have received an E-mail from Eric Russell, who says: "I believe I can fill a gap in the list of ships unknown on your page for convoy ON 127. On my father's page for the El Mirlo (external link) he notes that he sailed in that convoy".

It appears only the vessels sailing from Liverpool are named, and 2 of those have a minus beside the name, which could mean they were cancelled? The ships are not named inside the actual columns, but in a list on the side as follows:

British Athelduchess (51), Empire Sailor (81), British Tradition (52), the Norwegian Laurits Swenson (41) and Montevideo (71), Hektoria (42, listed as Norwegian, but this was a British whale factory), Bayano (82), the Norwegian San Andres (61) and Vardefjell (83) - there's a minus beside the latter 2 names - the British Modavia (72), Norwegian Heranger (21) and Hindanger (11), Belgian Elizabeth Van Belgie (12), British Stonestreet (13) and Fresno Star (101).

The form gives the number of ships sailing from the various British ports as follows:
14 ships sailing from Liverpool: Hindanger, Heranger, Laurits Swenson, Athelduchess, San Andres (has a minus next to it), Montevideo, Empire Sailor, Elisabeth van Belgie, Hektoria, British Tradition, Modavia, Bayano, Stone Street, Vardefjell (has a minus next to it).

6 ship sailing from Clyde: F. J. Wolfe, unnamed ship in stations 31 (sunk or damaged), unnamed ship in 32, unnamed in 23 and 33 (both appear to have been sunk or damaged) and another unnamed vessel for station 24.

10 ships sailing from Milford: Unnamed ships in stations 43, 44, 53, 54, 62, 63, 91, 92, 93 and the Norwegian Egda (in 73).

7 ships sailing from Aultbea: Unnamed vessels in stations 14, 34, 64, 74, 84, 94 and 55

for a total of 37 ships

These ships were damaged and/or sunk:
Elisabeth van Belgie was sunk on Sept. 10 by U-96.
F. J. Wolfe was damaged on Sept. 10 by U-96.
Hektoria - damaged Sept. 12 by U 211, sunk by U 608.
Hindanger - sunk on Sept. 11 by U 584 (Arnold Hague says U 583, follow link for more).
Empire Moonbeam (Rear Commodore) was damaged on Sept. 12 by U-211 and sunk same day by U-608 - 3 died.
Stone Street was sunk on Sept. 13 by U-594.

The following ships from this convoy were also attacked, but are not named on the convoy form:
Empire Oil - damaged by U 659 Sept. 10, sunk by U 584 Sept. 11 - 18 died.
Sveve - sunk on Sept. 10 by U-96 (or later sunk by escort?) - no casualties.
Daghild - damaged by U-404 on Sept. 12.
Marit II damaged by U-404 on Sept. 11 (or 10th, depending on time zone).
Fjordaas damaged by U-218 On Sept. 11 (follow the links for more details).
Additionally, the escorting HMCS Ottawa was sunk by U-91 on Sept. 14.

Escorts:
Destroyers HMCS St-Croix and Ottawa, corvettes Amherst, Arvida, Sherbrooke and Celandine.

All the Norwegian ships sailing in this convoy are discussed on this website - see alphabet index at the end of this page.

Related external link:
ON 127 - Uboat.net's account on the battle

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