Convoy PQ 3
The convoy PQ 3 was an allied northern sea convoy , which was put together in November 1941 in the Icelandic Hvalfjörður and brought war goods to the Soviet Arkhangelsk . The Allies suffered no losses.
Composition and securing
The convoy PQ 3 consisted of eight cargo ships. On November 9, 1941, they left Hvalfjörður ( Lage ) in the direction of Arkhangelsk ( Lage ). The convoy's commodore was the captain of the Wanstead . By November 14, only two armed trawlers took over the security. Then the cruiser HMS Kenya and the destroyers HMS Bedouin , HMS Intrepid and the Soviet destroyers Gremjashchi and Gromki were added. The local escort appeared on November 23, with the Soviet destroyer Sokruschitelny and the British minesweepers HMS Bramble , HMS Seagull and HMS Speedy .
Surname | Type | flag | Measurement in GRT | Whereabouts |
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Briarwood | freighter | United Kingdom | 4019 | had to return to Iceland due to ice damage. |
Cape Corso | freighter | United Kingdom | 3807 | reached Arkhangelsk on November 22nd |
Cape Race | freighter | United Kingdom | 3807 | reached Arkhangelsk on November 22nd |
Cocle | freighter | Panama | 5630 | reached Arkhangelsk on November 22nd |
El Capitan | freighter | Panama | 5255 | reached Arkhangelsk on November 22nd |
San Ambrosio | freighter | United Kingdom | 7410 | reached Arkhangelsk on November 22nd |
Trekieve | freighter | United Kingdom | 5244 | reached Arkhangelsk on November 22nd |
Wanstead | freighter | United Kingdom | 5486 | reached Arkhangelsk on November 22nd |
course
The Germans did not sight the convoy. The freighter Briarwood had to return to Iceland due to ice damage. On November 22, 1941, the convoy reached Arkhangelsk.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronik des Maritime War 1939–1945, November 1941. Retrieved on January 8, 2017 .
- ^ Arnold Hague: Arnold Hague Convoy Database, PQ Convoy Series. Retrieved January 8, 2017 .