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

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

Merchant ships

Convoyed ships^[1]
Name	Year	Flag	GRT	Notes
SS Briarwood	1930	United Kingdom	4,019	Damaged, returned To Iceland
SS Cape Corso	1929	United Kingdom	3,807
SS Cape Race	1930	United Kingdom	3,807
SS Cocle	1920	United Kingdom	5,630
SS El Capitan	1917	Panama	5,255
SS San Ambrosio	1935	United Kingdom	7,410
SS Trekieve	1919	United Kingdom	5,244
SS Wanstead	1928	United Kingdom	5,486	Convoy Commodore

Convoy escorts

Convoy escorts
Name	Flag	Type	Notes
HMS Kenya	Royal Navy	Fiji-class cruiser	Escort 14–20 November
HMS Bedouin	Royal Navy	B-class destroyer	Escort 14–20 November
HMS Intrepid	Royal Navy	I-class destroyer	Escort 14 –20 November
HMS Bramble	Royal Navy	Halcyon-class minesweeper	Escort 20–22 November
HMS Seagull	Royal Navy	Halcyon-class minesweeper	Escort 20–22 November
HMS Speedy	Royal Navy	Halcyon-class minesweeper	Escort 20–22 November
HMT Hamlet	Royal Navy	Shakespearian-class trawler	Escort 9–14 November
HMT Macbeth	Royal Navy	Shakespearian-class trawler	Escort 9–15 November

Footnotes

^ Ruegg & Hague 1993, p. 22.

References

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.