Convoy JW 51B was an Arctic convoy sent from United Kingdom by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in late December...

warships of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) and British ships escorting convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. The action took place in the Barents Sea...

to intercept Convoy JW 51B. The German force was driven off by a combined force of destroyers and cruisers. In December 1943, Convoy JW 55B was the target...

many Arctic convoys to Northern Russia and back. In December 1942 she was part of a cruiser force that repelled a German attack on convoy JW 51B and in December...

Beitzen, Theodor Riedel, Friedrich Eckoldt, Z29, Z30 and Z31 attacked convoy JW 51B in the battle of the Barents Sea. The German ships damaged HMS Obdurate...

heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, which ended with a failure to destroy convoy JW 51B. Engine problems forced a series of repairs culminating in a complete...

raids in 1942. She participated in the Battle of the Barents Sea when Convoy JW 51B was attacked on 31 December 1942 near the North Cape, Norway. Z4 Richard...

in the Humber. On 22 December 1942 Bramble sailed with Convoy JW 51B from Loch Ewe. The convoy was sighted by the U-354 on 30 December and the German...

Convoy JW 58 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 1944,...

in the Battle of the Barents Sea in 1942, while escorting Convoy JW 51B to Russia. The convoy escorts held off attacks from the powerful Admiral Hipper...

Convoy JW 55B was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in late December...

raids in 1942. She was part of a German surface fleet which attacked Convoy JW 51B on 31 December near the North Cape, Norway. After sinking the minesweeper...

Regenbogen ("Rainbow") (1942) Germany – failed German attack on Arctic convoy JW 51B, by Admiral Hipper and Lutzow Rheinübung ("Exercise Rhine") (1941) Germany...

Convoy PQ 17 was an Allied Arctic convoy during the Second World War. On 27 June 1942, the ships sailed from Hvalfjörður, Iceland, for the port of Arkhangelsk...

World War. She spent the war escorting convoys in the Atlantic and Arctic, including the famous convoy JW 51B. Vizalma was ordered from Cook, Welton &...

heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, which ended with a failure to destroy the convoy JW 51B. Engine problems forced a series of repairs culminating in a complete...

attack on the convoys. The first convoy of the month, JW 51A, passed to the Soviet Union without incident. However, the second, convoy JW 51B, was spotted...

sides. Four British destroyers and five other vessels were escorting Convoy JW 51B from the UK to the Murmansk area. Another British force of two cruisers...

Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of warships protected cargo ships assembled for mutual defense and were attacked by submarines, surface...

Convoy PQ 18 (2–21 September 1942) was an Arctic convoy of forty Allied freighters from Scotland and Iceland to Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union during...

Convoy JW 56A was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in January 1944...

ships. 26–30 December Convoy ON 154 – 14 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic 30 December 1942 – 3 January 1943 Convoy JW 51B – British cruisers and...

Montrose and Bramham. On 29 December Anson provided distant cover for Convoy JW 51B along with the cruiser HMS Cumberland and the destroyers HMS Forester...

Fleet commander Admiral Tovey to reinforce the ships covering Arctic convoy JW 51B, following the Battle of the Barents Sea. She was briefly deployed to...

23 November to 14 December. Bulldog was assigned to the escort for Convoy JW 51B on 20 December, but had to return home for weather repairs on 28 December...

Convoy JW 56B was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in late January...

Operation Drumbeat Regenbogen ("Rainbow") (1942) – failed attack on Arctic convoy JW 51B, by Admiral Hipper and Lützow Cerberus (1942) – movement of capital...

sailed from Kola on 27 December to rendezvous with Convoy JW 51B in the Norwegian Sea, but the convoy had been blown southwards by a major storm. Several...

Battle of the Barents Sea in 1942. In December 1942, while on escort for convoy JW 51B, she was attacked and damaged by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper...

Senior Officer in command of the destroyers escorting an important convoy [​JW 51B​] bound for North Russia. On the morning of 31st December [1942], off...