The convoy departed Liverpool on 24 July 1942 and arrived at Boston on 8 August.

Three ships were lost to U-boats during the crossing and two were damaged.

It was the 115th of the numbered series of ON convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America.

They were found on 29 July by the seven U-boats of Wolfpack Wolf.

Three ships were sunk before contact was lost in misty weather on 3 August.