Convoy QP 15
The convoy QP 15 was an allied northern sea convoy , which was put together in November 1942 in the Soviet Murmansk and drove largely unloaded to Loch Ewe in Scotland . The Allies lost two freighters with 9,825 GRT to submarine attacks. A Soviet destroyer sank due to a heavy storm and two freighters had to turn back.
Composition and securing
The convoy QP 15 consisted of 30 cargo ships. On November 17, 1942, he left the Kola Bay ( Lage ) off Murmansk in the direction of Loch Ewe ( Lage ). The convoy's commodore was Captain WC Meek, who had embarked on Temple Arch . First, the Eastern Local Escort took over the local security with the anti-aircraft ship HMS Ulster Queen , the mine sweepers HMS Britomart , HMS Halcyon , HMS Hazard and HMS Sharpshooter as well as the Soviet destroyers Baku and Sokruschitelny . This was followed by the Ocean Escort with the corvettes HMS Bergamot , HMS Bluebell , HMS Bryony , HMS Camellia and the mine sweeper HMS Salamander . Other security ships briefly joined the convoy. So the destroyers HMS Faulknor , HMS Intrepid , HMS Icarus , HMS Impulsive (November 20-26), HMS Echo (November 20-22), HMS Musketeer , HMS Orwell (November 23-30), HMS Middleton ( November 22nd). - 30.11.) And HMS Oakley (23-30.11.). A local security group with the cruisers HMS London , HMS Suffolk and the destroyers HMS Forester , HMS Obdurate and HMS Onslaught also operated on the convoy. The submarines HMS Seadog , HMS Trespasser , Junon (French), Uredd (Norwegian) and L-20 (Soviet) occupied positions in front of the northern Norwegian fjords against German surface forces.
Surname | Type | flag | Measurement in GRT | Whereabouts |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andre Marti | freighter | Soviet Union | 2352 | |
Belomor Canal | freighter | Soviet Union | 2900 | |
Charles R McCormick | freighter | United States | 6027 | |
Copeland | Rescue ship | United Kingdom | 1526 | |
Dan Y Brin | freighter | United Kingdom | 5117 | |
Empire Baffin | freighter | United Kingdom | 6978 | |
Empire Morn | freighter | United Kingdom | 7092 | |
Empire Snow | freighter | United Kingdom | 6327 | |
Empire Tristram | freighter | United Kingdom | 7167 | |
Esek Hopkins | freighter | United States | 7191 | |
Exford | freighter | United States | 4969 | |
Friedrich Engels | freighter | Soviet Union | 3972 | |
Goolistan | freighter | United Kingdom | 5851 | sunk by U 625 on November 22nd ( Lage ) |
Holywood | freighter | United States | 5498 | |
Ironclad | freighter | United States | 5685 | turned back because of severe storm |
Comiles | freighter | Soviet Union | 3962 | |
Kuznets Lesov | freighter | Soviet Union | 3974 | sunk by U 601 on November 22nd ( Lage ) |
Lafayette | freighter | United States | 5887 | |
Meanticut | freighter | United States | 6061 | turned back because of severe storm |
Nathaniel Greene | freighter | United States | 7177 | |
Patrick Henry | freighter | United States | 7191 | |
Petrovsky | freighter | Soviet Union | 3771 | |
Sahale | freighter | United States | 5028 | |
Schoharie | freighter | United States | 4971 | |
St. Olaf | freighter | United States | 7191 | |
Tbilisi | freighter | Soviet Union | 7169 | |
Temple Arch | freighter | United Kingdom | 5138 | |
Virginia Dare | freighter | United States | 7177 | |
White clover | freighter | Panama | 5462 | |
William Moultrie | freighter | United States | 7177 |
course
The convoy drifted apart from November 20, 1942 due to a strong storm. The Soviet destroyers Baku and Sokruschitelny could not withstand the weather conditions. While the Sokruschitelny broke through half and sank, the Baku reached the port with severe damage in the foredeck and in the boiler rooms as well as heavy water ingress. On November 22, U 625 and U 601 found the convoy and sank the freighters Goolistan (5851 GRT) and Kuznets Lesow (3974 GRT), respectively . On November 30, the convoy reached Loch Ewe in Scotland. He lost two freighters of 9825 GRT and the freighters Ironclad and Meanticut turned back due to the weather conditions.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronik des Maritime War 1939–1945, November 1942. Retrieved on January 9, 2017 .
- ^ Arnold Hague: Arnold Hague Convoy Database, QP Convoy Series. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .