Convoy PQ 12

Convoy PQ 12

Convoy PQ 12 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 1942, reaching Murmansk despite a sortie against it by the German battleship Tirpitz. All ships arrived safely.

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Ships

PQ 12 consisted of 16 ships under the command of Commodore HT Hudson. The close escort comprised the minesweeper Adm. J Tovey comprising the battleship King George V, the carrier HMS Victorious, the cruiser Berwick and six destroyers, sailing from Scapa Flow.

Action

PQ 12 sailed from Reykjavik on 1 March 1942 with its Close escort. It was joined on 5 March by the Ocean escort, and on 6 March by the cruiser Kenya. Also at sea were the Heavy Cover Forces, V.Adm. Curteis from Reykjavik sailing on 3 March and Adm. Tovey from Scapa Flow on the 4th.

On 5 March the convoy was sighted by a German reconnaissance aircraft, and on 6 March, after obtaining permission from Hitler to do so, Tirpitz sortied from Trondheim with three destroyers as escort. This was Operation Sportpalast, and was intended to find and destroy both PQ 12 and its reciprocal, QP 8, which was also at sea.

Shortly after sailing Tirpitz was sighted by the patrolling submarine Seawolf, and the Heavy Cover Forces, now joined together, sought to bring Tirpitz to action.

Over the next two days these groups of ships manouvered around each other, without coming into contact, though on two occasions they were just 60 miles apart. Tirpitz had no success, though her destroyers encounterd one straggler from QP 8, the freighter Ijora, and sank her. Finally on 9 March as Tirpitz headed for home, she was sighted by aircraft from Victorious and attacked, though also without success.

PQ 12 arrived at Murmansk on 12 March. No ships were lost, though the escort suffered one whaler lost, Shera, capsized by ice buildup, and one destroyer, Oribi, damaged by pack ice.

Ships list

  • Artigas
  • Ballot
  • Bateau
  • Beaconstreet
  • Belormorcanal
  • Capulin
  • Dneprostroi
  • Earlston
  • El Coston
  • El Occidente
  • Empire Byron
  • Lancaster Castle
  • Llandaff
  • Navarino
  • Sevzaples
  • Stone Street
  • Temple Arch

Notes

References

v · d · e
1941
Outbound

Dervish · PQ 1 · PQ 2 · PQ 3 · PQ 4 · PQ 5 · PQ 6
Homebound

QP 1 · QP 2 · QP 3
1942
Outbound

PQ 7a · PQ 7b · PQ 8 · PQ 9 · PQ 10 · PQ 11 · PQ 12 · PQ 13 · PQ 14 · PQ 15 · PQ 16 · PQ 17 · PQ 18 · Operation FB · JW 51A · JW 51B
Homebound
QP 4 · QP 5 · QP 6 · QP 7 · QP 8 · QP 9 · QP 10 · QP 11 · QP 12 · QP 13 · QP 14 · QP 15 · RA 51
1943
Outbound

JW 52 · JW 53 · JW 54A · JW 54B · JW 55A · JW 55B
Homebound
RA 52 · RA 53 · RA 54A · RA 54B · RA 55A · RA 55B
1944
Outbound

JW 56A · JW 56B · JW 57 · JW 58 · JW 59 · JW 60 · JW 61 · JW 61A · JW 62 · JW 63
Homebound

RA 56 · RA 57 · RA 58 · RA 59 · RA 59A · RA 60 · RA 61 · RA 61A · RA 62 · RA 63
1945
Outbound

JW 64 · JW 65 · JW 66 · JW 67
Homebound

RA 64 · RA 65 · RA 66 · RA 67

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