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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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    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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    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 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 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 QP 3 was one of Arctic convoys of World War II which sailed from the United Kingdom, United States or Iceland to the USSR. This small oceanic slow-speed...
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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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    On 5 July 1942, the vessel sailed into a minefield while escorting Convoy QP 13 and struck one of the mines, later sinking with only eight survivors...
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    repair returned with Convoy QP 14 in September. A former crewmember of New Westminster City died on this ship Helgason, Guðmundur. "PQ 13". German U-boats...
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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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    engaged a German ship just once, while defending Convoy QP 13 in early 1942. While escorting Convoy QP 15 in November, she sank during a severe storm after...
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    reciprocal westbound convoys (Convoy QP 1 to Convoy QP 4) was too vague to plan attacks by the Kriegsmarine or the Luftwaffe. On 13 November 1941, the commander-in-chief...
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    1942 Convoy PQ 17 is scattered in the Barents Sea leading to the loss of 22 Allied merchant ships. July 5, 1942 Six ships are sunk when convoy QP 13 strays...
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  • she brought military cargo to Murmansk as part of Convoy PQ 8. The next trip was with Convoy QP 13 to New York with the load of apatites, where she picked...
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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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  • 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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    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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    Operation Rösselsprung (1942) (category Arctic convoys of World War II)
    already past the island of Jan Mayen and was closing with the reciprocal Convoy QP 13. The cumbersome command structure hampered Rösselsprung and no move was...
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    against 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...
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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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    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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    to the westbound Convoy QP 14 to escort it through the area of most danger, with Onslow leaving QP 14 on 25 September. In total, 13 ships out of 40 from...
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  • to the minesweeper HMS Niger. On 6 July 1942, while serving in Arctic convoy QP 13, the Niger collided with a British-laid mine and sank, killing Price...
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  • was the 2nd assistant engineer on the freighter SS Massmar, after the convoy (QP 13) she was travelling in strayed into an Allied minefield (SN72) 5 July...
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  • Convoy PQ 17 was the penultimate of the PQ/QP series of arctic convoys, bound from British ports through the Arctic Ocean via Reykjavík to the White Sea...
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  • Katrin Fritzen Cargo Ship 1911–1942". Wrecksite. Retrieved 5 July 2014. "Convoy PQ.17". Convoyweb. Retrieved 28 December 2011. Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA...
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    complete and Garland sailed on 4 July for Troon, as part of the escort for Convoy QP 13, for permanent repairs that were not completed until 21 September. The...
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    British waters as part of the westbound convoy QP 13, which left Arkhangelsk on 26 June. Achates remained with the convoy until 7 July 1942. In September 1942...
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    Sea, March 1943 The convoy prefix indicates the route of the convoy. For example, 'PQ' would be Iceland to Northern Russia and 'QP' the return route. The...
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