Convoy QP 3

The convoy QP 3 was an allied northern sea convoy , which was put together in November 1941 in the Soviet Arkhangelsk and drove largely unloaded to the Icelandic Seyðisfjörður . The Allies suffered no losses.

Composition and securing

Cruiser HMS Kenya

Empire Baffin freighter

The convoy QP 3 consisted of ten cargo ships. On November 27, 1941 they left Archangelsk ( Lage ) in the direction of Seyðisfjörður ( Lage ). The convoy's commodore was the captain of the Orient City . The security was carried out by the cruiser HMS Kenya , the destroyers HMS Bedouin and HMS Intrepid and the mine sweepers HMS Gossamer and HMS Hussar .

Surname	Type	flag	Measurement in GRT	Whereabouts
Andre Marti	freighter	United Kingdom	2352
Arkos	freighter	Soviet Union	2343	had to turn back due to weather damage
Empire Baffin	freighter	United Kingdom	6978
Harpalion	freighter	United Kingdom	6978
Hartlebury	freighter	United Kingdom	5082
Kuzbass	freighter	Soviet Union	3109	had to turn back due to weather damage
Orient City	freighter	United Kingdom	5095
Queen City	freighter	United Kingdom	4814
Revolutionaries	freighter	Soviet Union	2900
Temple Arch	freighter	United Kingdom	5138

course

Initially, four British freighters drove with the British minesweepers HMS Seagull and HMS Speady from Arkhangelsk to Kola Bay , where they merged with six other freighters. From there it went on towards Iceland. The Germans did not sight the convoy. The Arcos and the Kuzbass had to turn back due to weather damage. On December 12, 1941, the convoy reached Seyðisfjörður.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronik des Maritime War 1939–1945, November 1941. Retrieved on January 8, 2017 . 
2. ^ Arnold Hague: Arnold Hague Convoy Database, QP Convoy Series. Retrieved January 8, 2017 . 

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