Convoy QP 13

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The convoy QP 13 was an allied northern sea convoy that was put together in June 1942 in the Soviet Arkhangelsk and Murmansk and traveled largely unloaded via Iceland to Great Britain. The Germans sighted the convoy but did not attack it. A total of six merchant ships with 38,306 GRT and the mine sweeper HMS Niger were lost on a British minefield .

Composition and securing

The HMS Achates was ...
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Empire Baffin freighter

Convoy QP 13 consisted of twelve cargo ships that left Arkhangelsk ( Lage ) on June 26, 1942 . On June 27, another 24 freighters came from Murmansk ( Lage ). Many freighters came from convoy PQ 16 , which had reached Murmansk in May 1942. The convoy's commodore was Captain NH Gale. Until June 28, the Eastern Local Escort with the Soviet destroyers Grozny , Gremjaschtschi , Kuibyshev and the British minesweepers HMS Bramble , HMS Hazard , HMS Leda and HMS Seagull took over the close protection of the convoy. From June 26th, Ocean Escort also took over with the destroyers HMS Inglefield , HMS Intrepid , HMS Achates , HMS Volunteer and Galland (Polish), the corvettes HMS Honeysuckle , HMS Hyderabad , Roselys (French) and HMS Starwort , the minesweepers HMS Niger and HMS Hussar , the UJ trawlers HMS Lady Madeleine and HMS St Elstan , the submarines HMS Trident and HMS Seawolf and the anti-aircraft ship HMS Alynbank secured everything to Iceland.

Surname Type flag Measurement in GRT Whereabouts
Alma Ata freighter Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 3611
American Press freighter United StatesUnited States United States 5131
American Robin freighter United StatesUnited States United States 5172
Arkhangelsk freighter Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 2480
Atlantic freighter United KingdomUnited Kingdom (trade flag) United Kingdom 5414
Budjonni freighter Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 2482
Capira freighter PanamaPanama Panama 5625
Chulmleigh freighter United KingdomUnited Kingdom (trade flag) United Kingdom 5445
City of Omaha freighter United StatesUnited States United States 6124
Empire Baffin freighter United KingdomUnited Kingdom (trade flag) United Kingdom 6978
Empire Mavis freighter United KingdomUnited Kingdom (trade flag) United Kingdom 5704
Empire Meteor freighter United KingdomUnited Kingdom (trade flag) United Kingdom 7457
Empire Selwyn freighter United KingdomUnited Kingdom (trade flag) United Kingdom 7167
Empire Stevenson freighter United KingdomUnited Kingdom (trade flag) United Kingdom 6209
Exterminator freighter PanamaPanama Panama 6115 Badly damaged by British mines on July 5th, broken up in port
Heffron freighter United StatesUnited States United States 7611 Sunk by British mines on July 5th
Hegira freighter United StatesUnited States United States 7588
Hybert freighter United StatesUnited States United States 6120 sunk by British mines on July 5th ( Lage )
John Randolph freighter United StatesUnited States United States 7191 Badly damaged by British mines on July 5th, broken up in port
Comiles freighter Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 3962
Kuibyshev freighter Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
Kuzbass freighter Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 3109
Lancaster freighter United StatesUnited States United States 7516
Masmar freighter United StatesUnited States United States 5828 Sunk by British mines on July 5th
Mauna Kea freighter United StatesUnited States United States 6064
Michigan freighter United StatesUnited States United States 6419
Mormacrey freighter United StatesUnited States United States 5946
Mount Evans freighter PanamaPanama Panama 5598
Nemaha freighter United StatesUnited States United States 6501
Petrovsky freighter Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 3771
Pieter de Hoogh freighter NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 7168
Richard Henry Lee freighter United StatesUnited States United States 7191
Rodina freighter Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 4441 Sunk by British mines on July 5th
St Clears freighter United KingdomUnited Kingdom (trade flag) United Kingdom 4312
Stary Bolshevik freighter Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union 3974
Yaka freighter United StatesUnited States United States 5432

course

Although the air reconnaissance had captured the convoy, the Germans did not use any planes, submarines or warships on it. Since the freighters drove mostly empty or with timber loads, the effort did not seem worthwhile, since the fully loaded convoy PQ 17 was traveling in the opposite direction at the same time . On July 5, the convoy got into a British minefield as a result of a storm and heavy fog in the Denmark Strait . This sank the mine sweeper HMS Niger ( Lage ) and the freighters Heffron , Hybert , Massmar and Rodina . In addition, the John Randolph and the Exterminator were so badly damaged that they later had to be scrapped in port. With the loss of six merchant ships with 38,306 GRT, the rest of the convoy ran into Seyðisfjörður ( Lage ) on July 7th .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronik des Maritime War 1939–1945, June 1942. Accessed on January 9, 2017 .
  2. ^ Arnold Hague: Arnold Hague Convoy Database, QP Convoy Series. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .