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 Arctic Convoys of World War II travelled from the United Kingdom and the United States to the northern ports of the Soviet World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Convoy sailed from Hvalfjord, Iceland on November 9, 1941 and arrived at Archangelsk on November 22, 1941. Hvalfjörður (Icelandic Whale - Fjord) is situated in the west of Iceland between Mosfellsbær and Akranes. Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arkhangelsk (Арха́нгельск formerly called Archangel in English, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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. Early career Convoy escort Kenya was launched on 18 August 1939 from the yards of Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow, Scotland Eight ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Intrepid, including The first ''Intrepid'' was a third rate Ship of the line A minesweeper is a Naval Warship designed to counter the threat posed by Naval mines The dedicated purpose-built minesweeper first appeared during A naval trawler is a boat built along the lines of a Commercial trawler but fitted out for Naval purposes One merchant ship, MV Briarwood, returned to Iceland with damage from ice; the others arrived safely. A merchant vessel is a Ship that transports Cargo and Passengers during peace time
References
- Richard Woodman, Arctic Convoys 1941-1945 , 1994, ISBN 0-7195-5752-6
- Convoy web
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