Convoy PQ 3

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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.

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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]
NameYearFlag GRT Notes
SS Briarwood 1930Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4,019Damaged, returned To Iceland
SS Cape Corso 1929Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,807
SS Cape Race 1930Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3,807
SS Cocle 1920Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5,630
SS El Capitan 1917Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 5,255
SS San Ambrosio 1935Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7,410
SS Trekieve 1919Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5,244
SS Wanstead 1928Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5,486Convoy Commodore

Convoy escorts

Convoy escorts
NameFlagTypeNotes
HMS Kenya Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy Fiji-class cruiser Escort 14–20 November
HMS Bedouin Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy B-class destroyer Escort 14–20 November
HMS Intrepid Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy I-class destroyer Escort 14 –20 November
HMS Bramble Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy Halcyon-class minesweeper Escort 20–22 November
HMS Seagull Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy Halcyon-class minesweeper Escort 20–22 November
HMS Speedy Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy Halcyon-class minesweeper Escort 20–22 November
HMT Hamlet Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy Shakespearian-class trawler Escort 9–14 November
HMT Macbeth Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy Shakespearian-class trawler Escort 9–15 November

Footnotes

  1. Ruegg & Hague 1993, p. 22.

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