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    Convoy QP 14 (13–26 September 1942) was an Arctic convoy of the QP series which ran during the Second World War. The convoy was a return journey of Allied...
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    Convoy QP 13 was an Arctic convoy of the PQ/QP series which ran during the Second World War. It was the thirteenth of the numbered series of convoys of...
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    Convoy QP 11 was an Arctic Convoy of World War II, made up of merchant ships returning from the Soviet Union to Britain after delivering their cargo to...
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  • Convoy QP 10 was an Arctic convoy of World War II, consisting of empty merchant ships returning from the Soviet Union after delivering their cargo there...
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  • Convoy QP 15 was an Arctic convoy of the PQ/QP series which ran during the Second World War. It was one of a series of convoys run to return Allied ships...
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    convoy had been sunk. Avenger and the escorts joined the homeward bound Convoy QP 14 at 05:00 17 September and sent up a Swordfish on anti-submarine patrol...
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    attack. The practice of meeting homeward-bound QP convoys near Bear Island was dispensed with and QP 14 was to wait until PQ 18 was near its destination...
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    Convoy QP 1 (28 September – 19 October 1941) was the first of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War by which the Allies brought back ships that begun...
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    PQ 13, 14, 15 and QP 9, 10 and 11 had little effect, twelve sinkings out of 16 lost in PQ convoys and two out of five sinkings from QP convoys being credited...
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    as an escort ship for Russian convoys. On 12 September 1942 Anson was part of the distant covering force for Convoy QP 14, along with her sister ship HMS Duke...
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    sunk and 6458-ton Troubador damaged before the convoy reached Murmansk. 13 September 1942: Convoy QP 14 sailed from Arkhangelsk. On 20 September U-435...
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    Somali was torpedoed by U-703 while covering the returning Russian Convoy QP 14. Although taken under tow by Ashanti, she sank four days later after...
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    2 July. Convoy QP 13 was not attacked, since the German tactic was to concentrate on eastbound (laden) convoys, rather than westbound convoys in ballast...
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    and the cessation of convoys after the disaster of Convoy PQ 17. Harmatris sailed for Archangelsk on 21 July Not until Convoy QP 14 (13–26 September 1942)...
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    on 3 April, then refloated and after prolonging repair returned with Convoy QP 14 in September. A former crewmember of New Westminster City died on this...
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  • Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of warships protected cargo ships assembled for mutual defense and were attacked by submarines, surface...
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    American battleship USS Washington. In mid-September, Duke of York escorted Convoy QP 14. In October 1942, Duke of York was sent to Gibraltar as the new flagship...
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    provide cover for convoys bound for Russia. On 12 September, Anson was joined by Duke of York in providing distant cover for convoy QP. 14. In October, Duke...
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    intercept Convoy QP 8 returning from Russia. Another unsuccessful intercept was made in early April before the Germans were successful with Convoy QP 11 at...
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    This is a List of Allied convoys during World War II by region. "Norwegian Campaign, World War 2 at Sea, April 1940". "Norwegian Campaign, World War 2...
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  • German submarine U-435 on 22 September 1942 while travelling as part of Convoy QP 14. "RFA Gray Ranger". Historical RFA. Retrieved 26 November 2015. 70°N...
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    Murmansk. German awareness of these and the reciprocal westbound convoys (Convoy QP 1 to Convoy QP 4) was too vague to plan attacks by the Kriegsmarine or the...
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    several British warships. 13–26 September Convoy QP 14 – German U-boats sink five allied ships of the convoy, while Allies sink one U-boat and damage five...
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    World War. The convoy was the largest yet and was provided with a considerable number of escorts and submarines. QP 12, a return convoy, sailed on the...
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  • This is a list of convoy codes used by the Allies during World War II There were over 300 convoy routes organized, in all areas of the world; each was...
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    oiler RFA Oligarch to join Convoy QP 14 during its voyage from the Kola Inlet to Loch Ewe, Scotland. She detached from QP 14 on 26 September. Worcester...
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    the first convoy, code-named Operation Dervish in August 1941, the Arctic convoys ran in two series: The first series, PQ (outbound) and QP (homebound)...
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    Convoy PQ 12 was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in March 1942,...
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    harbour. In total, thirteen merchant ships were lost from the convoy. The return convoy QP-14 was not spared German attack either, it came under attack by...
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    developed for two days as the German forces were busy with the reciprocal Convoy QP 11, which left Murmansk in the Soviet Union on 28 April. On 1 May the...
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