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Convoy JW 51B
Part of World War II
Date
30 December 1942 – 3 January 1943
Location
Arctic Ocean & North Cape Norway
Result
British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom
Germany
Commanders and leaders
Robert Burnett Robert Sherbrooke (WIA) R. A Melhuish John Tovey
Convoy JW 51B was an Arctic convoy sent from United Kingdom by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in late December 1942, reaching the Soviet northern ports in early January 1943.
JW 51B came under attack by German surface units, engaged in Operation Regenbogen, on 31 December. In the clash that ensued, one defending minesweeper and one attacking destroyer were sunk with all hands and a defending destroyer was sunk; no ships were lost from the convoy. This engagement became known as the Battle of the Barents Sea.
ConvoyJW51B was an Arctic convoy sent from United Kingdom by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in late December...
warships of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) and British ships escorting convoyJW51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. The action took place in the Barents Sea...
to intercept ConvoyJW51B. The German force was driven off by a combined force of destroyers and cruisers. In December 1943, ConvoyJW 55B was the target...
heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, which ended with a failure to destroy convoyJW51B. Engine problems forced a series of repairs culminating in a complete...
Beitzen, Theodor Riedel, Friedrich Eckoldt, Z29, Z30 and Z31 attacked convoyJW51B in the battle of the Barents Sea. The German ships damaged HMS Obdurate...
raids in 1942. She participated in the Battle of the Barents Sea when ConvoyJW51B was attacked on 31 December 1942 near the North Cape, Norway. Z4 Richard...
raids in 1942. She was part of a German surface fleet which attacked ConvoyJW51B on 31 December near the North Cape, Norway. After sinking the minesweeper...
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Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of warships protected cargo ships assembled for mutual defense and were attacked by submarines, surface...
attack on the convoys. The first convoy of the month, JW 51A, passed to the Soviet Union without incident. However, the second, convoyJW51B, was spotted...
Operation Drumbeat Regenbogen ("Rainbow") (1942) – failed attack on Arctic convoyJW51B, by Admiral Hipper and Lützow Cerberus (1942) – movement of capital...
sides. Four British destroyers and five other vessels were escorting ConvoyJW51B from the UK to the Murmansk area. Another British force of two cruisers...
ships. 26–30 December Convoy ON 154 – 14 ships and 1 U-boat sunk in North Atlantic 30 December 1942-3 January 1943 ConvoyJW51B – British cruisers and...
ConvoyJW 56A was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in January 1944...
ConvoyJW 56B was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in late January...
Rainbow), following a similar plan to Doppelschlag, was mounted against ConvoyJW51B, leading to the Battle of the Barents Sea. Smith 1975, p. 126; Schofield...
ConvoyJW 57 was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in February 1944...
prevented her from participating in Operation Regenbogen, an attack on ConvoyJW51B, at the end of the year. On 5 March 1943, the 8. Zerstörerflottile (Z23...
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