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Convoy PQ 13
Part of World War II

HMS Trinidad
Date28/29 March 1942
Location
Arctic Ocean
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
Germany United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
G. Ponitz L. S. Saunders
Strength
3 destroyers 1 cruiser
5 destroyers
Casualties and losses
1 destroyer sunk 1 cruiser damaged
1 cargo sunk

PQ 13 was a British Arctic convoy that delivered war supplies from the Western Allies to the USSR during World War II. The convoy was subject to attack by German air, U-boat and surface forces and suffered the loss of five ships, plus one escort vessel. Fifteen ships arrived safely.

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