Convoy PQ 3
Convoy PQ 3 was the fourth of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War by which the Western Allies supplied material aid to the Soviet Union in its fight with Nazi Germany. The Convoy sailed from Hvalfjord, Iceland on 9 November 1941 and arrived at Archangelsk on 22 November 1941.
Ships
[edit]The convoy consisted of 8 ships (6 British and 2 Panamanian flagged) escorted by the cruiser HMS Kenya, the destroyer HMS Intrepid, minesweepers and armed trawlers. One merchant ship, MV Briarwood, returned to Iceland with damage from ice; the others arrived safely.
Vessels involved
[edit]Merchant ships
[edit]Name | Flag | (GRT) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Briarwood (1930) | ![]() | 4,019 | Returned To Iceland, damaged |
Cape Corso (1929) | ![]() | 3,807 | |
Cape Race (1930) | ![]() | 3,807 | |
Cocle (1920) | ![]() | 5,630 | |
El Capitan (1917) | ![]() | 5,255 | |
San Ambrosio (1935) | ![]() | 7,410 | |
Trekieve (1919) | ![]() | 5,244 | |
Wanstead (1928) | ![]() | 5,486 | Convoy Commodore |
Convoy escorts
[edit]Name | Flag | Type | Notes |
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HMS Bedouin | ![]() | Destroyer | Escort 14–20 November |
HMS Bramble | ![]() | Minesweeper | Escort 20–22 November |
HMT Hamlet | ![]() | Anti-submarine trawler | Escort 9–14 November, anti-submarine trawler |
HMS Intrepid | ![]() | Destroyer | Escort 14 –20 November |
HMS Kenya | ![]() | Cruiser | Escort 14–20 November |
HMT Macbeth | ![]() | Anti-submarine trawler | Escort 9–15 November |
HMS Seagull | ![]() | Minesweeper | Escort 20–22 November |
HMS Speedy | ![]() | Mineweeper | Escort 20–22 November |
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Ruegg & Hague 1993, p. 22.
References
[edit]- Ruegg, R.; Hague, A. (1993) [1992]. Convoys to Russia: Allied Convoys and Naval Surface Operations in Arctic Waters 1941–1945 (2nd rev. enl. ed.). Kendal: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-66-5.
- Woodman, Richard (2004) [1994]. Arctic Convoys 1941–1945. London: John Murray. ISBN 978-0-7195-5752-1.