Convoy JW 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, reaching the Soviet northern ports at the end of the month. Twelve ships arrived safely.
During the voyage JW 56A was attacked by a German U-boat force; three ships were sunk and one of the escorts damaged in the operation.
ConvoyJW56A 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...
preceding convoy JW56A. A cruiser cover force comprising Kent (R.Adm AFE Palliser), Berwick and Bermuda was also at sea, to guard the two convoys against attack...
and Fort Bellingham from convoyJW56A near Bear Island. On 30 January U-278 sank HMS Hardy with a G7es torpedo; and the convoy escort sank U-314. 28 January...
to intercept ConvoyJW 51B. The German force was driven off by a combined force of destroyers and cruisers. In December 1943, ConvoyJW 55B was the target...
ConvoyJW 55B 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 December...
ConvoyJW 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...
Convoy Battles of World War II occurred when convoys of warships protected cargo ships assembled for mutual defense and were attacked by submarines, surface...
PQ 17 was the code name for an Allied Arctic convoy during the Second World War. On 27 June 1942, the ships sailed from Hvalfjörður, Iceland, for the port...
warships of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) and British ships escorting convoyJW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR. The action took place in the Barents Sea...
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...
ConvoyJW 58 was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in March 1944,...
light cruiser Kuma off Penang 12-27 January ConvoyJW56A – German U-boats sink and damage half of the convoy. 14 February Action of 14 February 1944 –...
Kriegsmarine to intercept the expected Arctic convoys. In late December 1943, there was a Russia-bound convoyJW 55B consisting of 19 cargo vessels under the...
Convoy PQ 18 was an Arctic convoy of forty Allied freighters from Scotland and Iceland to Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union in the war against Nazi Germany...
USSR, 22 ships reached their destination. The outbound convoy series JW, began with ConvoyJW 51A (15–25 December 1942), returns being called RW. In October...
Bellingham United Kingdom World War II: ConvoyJW56A: The Fort ship (7,153 GRT, 1943) straggled behind the convoy. She was torpedoed and damaged in the...
Convoy PQ 16 (21–30 May 1942) was an Arctic convoy of British, United States and Allied ships from Iceland to Murmansk and Archangelsk in the Soviet Union...
Convoy PQ 8 (8–17 January 1942) was an Arctic convoy of the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The convoy left Iceland...
Rainbow), following a similar plan to Doppelschlag, was mounted against ConvoyJW 51B, leading to the Battle of the Barents Sea. Smith 1975, p. 126; Schofield...
which at the time of RA 55A's departure was trailing the Murmansk-bound convoyJW 55B. RA 55A was threatened by a U-boat force of eight boats in a patrol...
Convoy PQ 14 was an Arctic convoy sent from Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. Convoys from Britain had...
deciphered at Bletchley Park, providing the intelligence needed to allow Allied convoys to avoid U-boat concentrations. In the aftermath, the evaluation of the...
Convoy QP 11 was an Arctic Convoy of World War II, made up of merchant ships returning from the Soviet Union to Britain after delivering their cargo to...
Global Information