Convoy ON 154

Convoy ON 154
Part of Battle of the Atlantic

HMCS St. Laurent
Date26–30 December 1942
Location
Result German tactical victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Canada Canada
Nazi Germany Germany
Commanders and leaders
VAdm. Wion de Malpas Egerton 
Lt.Cdr. Guy Windeyer RCN[1]
Admiral Karl Dönitz
Strength
50 freighters
1 destroyer
5 corvettes
1 Special Service Vessel
20 submarines
Casualties and losses
13 freighters sunk (66,922 GRT)
177 killed/drowned
1 Special Service Vessel sunk
369 killed/drowned
1 submarine sunk
46 killed/drowned

Convoy ON 154 - also ON(S) 154 or ONS 154[Note 1] - was a North Atlantic convoy of the ON series which ran during the battle of the Atlantic in World War II. It was the 154th of the numbered series of merchant ship convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America. It came under attack in December 1942 and lost 13 of its 50 freighters. One of the attacking U-boats was destroyed.

  1. ^ Milner pp. 206–209


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