Mid-Ocean Escort Force - Escort Group A-3

Escort Group A-3

Convoy HX 185 was escorted without loss. Gleaves class destroyer Gleaves left the escort group after convoy ON 92 lost seven ships. USCG Treasury class cutters Spencer and Campbell assumed escort leader responsibility. Flower class corvettes Mayflower and Trillium replaced Flower class corvettes Chilliwack, Shediac and Algoma. Convoy HX 190 was escorted without loss. Convoy ON 102 lost one ship torpedoed by U-124. Convoys HX 196 and ON 114 were escorted without loss. Convoy SC 95 lost one ship torpedoed by U-705. Convoy ON 125 was escorted without loss. Flower class corvette Rosthern joined the group. Convoy SC 100 lost 3 ships torpedoed by U-596, U-617 and U-432. Convoys ON 135 and HX 212 were escorted without loss. Flower class corvette Dianthus replaced Flower class corvettes Mayflower and Bittersweet. Convoy ON 145 lost one ship torpedoed by U-518. Flower class corvette Dauphin rotated into the group. Convoys SC 111, ON 156 and HX 223 were escorted without loss. Convoy ON 166 lost eleven ships. Convoy SC 121 lost seven ships. Convoy ON 175 was escorted without loss. Convoy HX 233 lost one ship torpedoed by U-628. The escort group was then redesignated C-5 under Canadian command after the USCG Treasury class cutters were reassigned for conversion to amphibious force flagships.