Convoy PQ 3

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 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.

Ships in the convoy

The following information is from the Arnold Hague Convoy Database.^[1]

Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT)	Notes
HMS Bedouin (F67)	Royal Navy		Escort 14 Nov - 20 Nov
HMS Bramble (J11)	Royal Navy		Escort 20 Nov - 22 Nov
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
HMT Hamlet	Royal Navy		Escort 09 Nov - 14 Nov Anti-submarine trawler
HMS Intrepid (D10)	Royal Navy		Escort 14 Nov - 20 Nov
HMS Kenya (14)	Royal Navy		Escort 14 Nov - 20 Nov
HMT Macbeth	Royal Navy		Escort 09 Nov - 15 Nov Anti-submarine trawler
San Ambrosio (1935)	United Kingdom	7,410
HMS Seagull (J85)	Royal Navy		Escort 20 Nov - 22 Nov
HMS Speedy (J17)	Royal Navy		Escort 20 Nov - 22 Nov
Trekieve (1919)	United Kingdom	5,244
Wanstead (1928)	United Kingdom	5,486	Commodore’s Ship

References

↑ "Convoy PQ.3". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

Richard Woodman, Arctic Convoys 1941-1945, 1994, ISBN 0-7195-5752-6
Convoy web

Arctic convoys of World War II

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

Coordinates: 64°33′00″N 40°28′48″E / 64.5500°N 40.4800°E / 64.5500; 40.4800

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