Convoy QP 8

The convoy QP 8 was an allied northern sea convoy , which was put together in March 1942 in the Soviet Murmansk and drove largely unloaded to Reykjavík in Iceland . He lost the freighter Isora (2815 GRT), which the German destroyer Friedrich Ihn sank as a straggler.

Composition and securing

The convoy QP 8 consisted of 15 cargo ships. On March 1, 1942, they left Soviet Murmansk for Iceland. By March 3, the Eastern Local Escort took over the security with the Soviet destroyers Gremjashchi , Gromki and the British minesweepers HMS Harrier and HMS Sharpshooter . The Ocean Escort was composed of the minesweepers HMS Hazard , HMS Salamander and the corvettes HMS Oxlip and HMS Sweetbriar . The cruiser HMS Nigeria took over the remote security.

Surname	Type	flag	Measurement in GRT	Whereabouts
Atlantic	freighter	United Kingdom	5414
British Pride	freighter	United Kingdom	7106
British Workman	freighter	United Kingdom	6994
Cold Harbor	freighter	Panama	5010
El Lago	freighter	Panama	4221
Elona	freighter	United Kingdom	6192
Empire Selwyn	freighter	United Kingdom	7167
Explorer	freighter	United Kingdom	6235
Friedrich Engels	freighter	Soviet Union	3972
Isora	freighter	Soviet Union	2815	sunk by destroyer Friedrich Ihn on March 6th
Larranga	freighter	United States	3804
Noreg	freighter	Norway	7605
Revolutionaries	freighter	Soviet Union	2900
Tbilisi	freighter	Soviet Union	7169
West Nohno	freighter	United States	5769

course

The battleship Tirpitz and the destroyers Paul Jacobi , Friedrich Ihn , Hermann Schoemann and Z 25 set sail from Trondheim on March 6 to combat the eastbound convoy PQ 12 . However, due to poor visibility, the German ships found neither the PQ 12 nor the westbound QP 8. Only the freighter Isora (2815 GRT), which was a straggler behind the QP 8, was captured and sunk by Friedrich Ihn . Due to a severe storm, the convoy was disbanded on March 9th. On March 11th, the cargo ships reached Reykjavík in Iceland.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Jürgen Rohwer , Gerhard Hümmelchen : Chronicle of the Sea War 1939–1945, March 1942. Retrieved on January 9, 2017 . 
2. ^ Arnold Hague: Arnold Hague Convoy Database, QP Convoy Series. Retrieved January 12, 2017 .