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Convoy PQ-6 was the seventh of the Arctic convoys of World War II by which the Western Allies supplied material material aid to the Soviet Union in its fight with Nazi Germany. The convoy sailed from Hvalfjörður, Iceland, on 8 December 1941 and arrived at Murmansk on 20 December 1941.
Ships
The convoy consisted of eight transport ships (1 Russian, 5 British and 2 Panamanian). The escort included the cruiser HMS Edinburgh, destroyers Echo and Escapade, two minesweepers and two armed trawlers. All ships 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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- Arctic convoys of World War II
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