- Convoy PQ 3
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Convoy PQ-3 was the fourth of the Arctic Convoys of World War II 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 November 9, 1941 and arrived at Archangelsk on November 22, 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.
References
- Richard Woodman, Arctic Convoys 1941-1945 , 1994, ISBN 0-7195-5752-6
- Convoy web
1941 OutboundHomeboundQP 1 · QP 2 · QP 3
1942 OutboundHomeboundQP 4 · QP 5 · QP 6 · QP 7 · QP 8 · QP 9 · QP 10 · QP 11 · QP 12 · QP 13 · QP 14 · QP 15 · RA 511943 OutboundHomebound1944 OutboundHomeboundRA 56 · RA 57 · RA 58 · RA 59 · RA 59A · RA 60 · RA 61 · RA 61A · RA 62 · RA 63
1945 OutboundJW 64 · JW 65 · JW 66 · JW 67
HomeboundRA 64 · RA 65 · RA 66 · RA 67
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