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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.
Description
[edit]This small oceanic slow-speed special convoy sailed from Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union on 27 November 1941. It called at Seyðisfjörður in Iceland, and reached its final destination — Kirkwall, Scotland — on 3 December 1941.
Convoy makeup
[edit]Cargo ships
[edit]- British cargo ships
- Empire Baffin (6978/1941) – reached Kirkwall on 13 December 1941
- Harpalion (5486/1932) – reached Kirkwall on 13 December 1941
- Hartlebury (5082/1934) – reached Kirkwall on 13 December 1941
- Orient City (5095/1940) – reached Kirkwall on 13 December 1941
- Queen City (4814/1924) – reached Kirkwall on 13 December 1941
- Temple Arch (5138/1940) – reached Kirkwall on 13 December 1941
- Soviet cargo ships
- Andre Marti (2352/1918) – reached Kirkwall on 9 December 1941
- Arcos (2343/1918) – returned to Arkhangelsk on 29 November 1941
- Kuzbass (3109/1914) – returned to Arkhangelsk on 29 November 1941
- Revolutsioner (2900/1936) – reached Kirkwall on 9 December 1941
Escort
[edit]- Cruisers and destroyers
- HMS Bedouin – destroyer. Was laid down: in January 1937. Made up an escort since 28 November to 2 December 1941.
- HMS Intrepid – destroyer. Was laid down: 13 January 1936. Made up an escort since 28 November to 2 December 1941.
- HMS Kenya – cruiser. Made up an escort since 28 November to 3 December 1941.
- Escorts:
- HMS Bramble – Was launched in 1938. Made up an escort since 27 to 28 November 1941.
- HMS Gossamer – Was laid down: 2 November 1936. Made up an escort since 27 November to 10 December 1941. Right down to 10 December escorted 2 Soviet cargo ships (Andre Marti and Revolutionary) to Kirkwall.
- HMS Hussar – Was laid down: 28 August 1933. Made up an escort since 27 November to 9 December 1941.
- HMS Seagull – Was laid down: 15 February 1937. Made up an escort since 9 December to 12 December 1941.
- HMS Speedy – Was laid down: 1 December 1937. Made up an escort since 27 to 28 November 1941.
- Shakespearian-class trawler[1]
- HMT Hamlet – Made up an escort since 9 December to 12 December 1941. Escorted British cargo ships from Seyðisfjörður to Kirkwall.
- HMT Macbeth – Made up an escort since 9 December to 12 December 1941. Escorted British cargo ships from Seyðisfjörður to Kirkwall.