Convoy PQ 3
Appearance
Convoy PQ 3 was the fourth of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War by which the Western Allies supplied material aid to the Soviet Union in its fight with Nazi Germany. The Convoy sailed from Hvalfjord, Iceland on 9 November 1941 and arrived at Archangelsk on 22 November 1941.
Ships
[edit]The convoy consisted of 8 ships (6 British and 2 Panamanian flagged) escorted by the cruiser HMS Kenya, the destroyer HMS Intrepid, minesweepers and armed trawlers. One merchant ship, MV Briarwood, returned to Iceland with damage from ice; the others arrived safely.
Vessels involved
[edit]Merchant ships
[edit]Name | Year | Flag | GRT | Notes |
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SS Briarwood | 1930 | United Kingdom | 4,019 | Damaged, returned To Iceland |
SS Cape Corso | 1929 | United Kingdom | 3,807 | |
SS Cape Race | 1930 | United Kingdom | 3,807 | |
SS Cocle | 1920 | United Kingdom | 5,630 | |
SS El Capitan | 1917 | Panama | 5,255 | |
SS San Ambrosio | 1935 | United Kingdom | 7,410 | |
SS Trekieve | 1919 | United Kingdom | 5,244 | |
SS Wanstead | 1928 | United Kingdom | 5,486 | Convoy Commodore |
Convoy escorts
[edit]Name | Flag | Type | Notes |
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HMS Kenya | Royal Navy | Fiji-class cruiser | Escort 14–20 November |
HMS Bedouin | Royal Navy | B-class destroyer | Escort 14–20 November |
HMS Intrepid | Royal Navy | I-class destroyer | Escort 14 –20 November |
HMS Bramble | Royal Navy | Halcyon-class minesweeper | Escort 20–22 November |
HMS Seagull | Royal Navy | Halcyon-class minesweeper | Escort 20–22 November |
HMS Speedy | Royal Navy | Halcyon-class minesweeper | Escort 20–22 November |
HMT Hamlet | Royal Navy | Shakespearian-class trawler | Escort 9–14 November |
HMT Macbeth | Royal Navy | Shakespearian-class trawler | Escort 9–15 November |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Ruegg & Hague 1993, p. 22.
References
[edit]- Ruegg, R.; Hague, A. (1993) [1992]. Convoys to Russia: Allied Convoys and Naval Surface Operations in Arctic Waters 1941–1945 (2nd rev. enl. ed.). Kendal: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-66-5.
Further reading
[edit]- Woodman, Richard (2004) [1994]. Arctic Convoys 1941–1945. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-0-7195-5752-1.
External links
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