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
Name | Flag | (GRT) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Briarwood (1930) | United Kingdom | 4,019 | Returned To Iceland, damaged |
Cape Corso (1929) | United Kingdom | 3,807 | |
Cape Race (1930) | United Kingdom | 3,807 | |
Cocle (1920) | Panama | 5,630 | |
El Capitan (1917) | Panama | 5,255 | |
San Ambrosio (1935) | United Kingdom | 7,410 | |
Trekieve (1919) | United Kingdom | 5,244 | |
Wanstead (1928) | United Kingdom | 5,486 | Convoy Commodore |
Convoy escorts
Name | Flag | Type | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
HMS Bedouin | Royal Navy | Destroyer | Escort 14–20 November |
HMS Bramble | Royal Navy | Minesweeper | Escort 20–22 November |
HMT Hamlet | Royal Navy | Anti-submarine trawler | Escort 9–14 November, anti-submarine trawler |
HMS Intrepid | Royal Navy | Destroyer | Escort 14 –20 November |
HMS Kenya | Royal Navy | Cruiser | Escort 14–20 November |
HMT Macbeth | Royal Navy | Anti-submarine trawler | Escort 9–15 November |
HMS Seagull | Royal Navy | Minesweeper | Escort 20–22 November |
HMS Speedy | Royal Navy | Mineweeper | Escort 20–22 November |
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