The Norwegian and the Barents seas, site of the Arctic convoys
Date
8–17 January 1942
Location
Arctic Ocean
Result
British victory
Belligerents
Royal Navy Merchant Navy
Luftwaffe Kriegsmarine
Commanders and leaders
Escorts: L. S. Saunders Convoy: R. W. Brundle
Hans-Jürgen Stumpff
Casualties and losses
1 destroyer sunk 1 merchantman damaged
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Arctic naval operations of World War II
1940
Weserübung
Narvik
Alphabet
Juno
1941
Claymore
Polyarny
1942
Sportpalast
Rösselsprung
Doppelschlag (cancelled)
Zarin
Wunderland
Cape Pikshuev
Orator
Motovsky Gulf
Barents Sea
Regenbogen
1943
Kara Sea
Zitronella
Ostfront
North Cape
1944
Mascot
Petsamo–Kirkenes
Convoys 1941
Dervish
PQ 1
PQ 2
PQ 3
PQ 4
PQ 5
PQ 6
PQ 7
QP 1
QP 2
QP 3
QP 4
1942
PQ 8
PQ 9/10
QP 10
PQ 11
PQ 12
PQ 13
QP 13
PQ 14
QP 14
PQ 15
QP 15
QP 11
PQ 16
PQ 17
PQ 18
FB
JW 51A
JW 51B
QP 5
QP 6
QP 7
QP 8
QP 9
QP 12
RA 51
1943
JW 52
JW 53
JW 54A
JW 54B
JW 55A
JW 55B
RA 52
RA 53
RA 54A
RA 54B
RA 55A
RA 55B
1944
JW 56A
JW 56B
JW 57
JW 58
JW 59
JW 60
JW 61
JW 61A
JW 62
JW 63
JW 64
RA 56
RA 57
RA 58
RA 59
RA 59A
RA 60
RA 61
RA 61A
RA 62
RA 63
1945
JW 64
JW 65
JW 66
JW 67
RA 64
RA 65
RA 66
RA 67
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 on 8 January 1942. On 12 January the convoy had to turn south to avoid ice; the weather was calm, visibility was exceptional, with a short period of twilight around noon. and arrived in Murmansk nine days later.
Having ignored earlier convoys, the Germans had begun to reinforce their forces in Norway and assembled the first U-boat wolfpack in the Arctic against PQ 8. On 17 January, U-454 of wolfpack Ulan damaged the merchant ship SS Harmatris and sank the destroyer HMS Matabele with the loss of all but two of its crew, when the convoy had almost reached Murmansk. The rest of the convoy reached Murmansk that day; Harmatris was towed into harbour on 20 January.
Harmatris was stranded in Russia by the winter weather, a lack of labour to repair the torpedo damage, frequent air attacks on Murmansk by the Luftwaffe and the cessation of convoys after the disaster of Convoy PQ 17. Harmatris sailed for Archangelsk on 21 July Not until Convoy QP 14 (13–26 September 1942) was Harmatris able to make the return journey.
ConvoyPQ8 (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...
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...
ConvoyPQ 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...
ConvoyPQ 12 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 1942,...
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...
ConvoyPQ 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...
1942, convoyPQ 17 suffered the worst losses of any convoy in the Second World War. Under attack from German aircraft and U-boats, the convoy was ordered...
part in several arctic convoys of World War II as a general-purpose cargo ship. For the heroic actions while taking part in ConvoyPQ 16 the ship was awarded...
ConvoyPQ 15 was an Arctic convoy sent from Iceland by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The convoy sailed in late...
ConvoyPQ 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...
ConvoyPQ 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...
ConvoyPQ 7 was the eighth of the Arctic convoys of the Second World War by which the Western Allies supplied material aid to the Soviet Union in its fight...
1942: U-454 damaged 5395-ton Harmatris and sank HMS Matabele from convoyPQ8 as the convoy reached Kola Bay. The German battleship Tirpitz was based at Trondheim...
ConvoyPQ 11 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 1942...
ConvoyPQ 6 was the seventh of the Arctic convoys of World War II by which the Western Allies supplied material aid to the Soviet Union in its fight with...
ConvoyPQ 17 was the penultimate of the PQ/QP series of arctic convoys, bound from British ports through the Arctic Ocean via Reykjavík to the White Sea...
of torpedo boats, were intended to attack the homebound convoy QP 8 and the outbound ConvoyPQ 12 as part of Unternehmen Sportpalast (Operation Sports...
ConvoyPQ 18 was the last of the PQ/QP series of arctic convoys during World War II, bound from US and British ports via Reykjavík in Iceland to the Barents...
Convoy QP 13 was an Arctic convoy of the PQ/QP series which ran during the Second World War. It was the thirteenth of the numbered series of convoys of...
against ConvoyPQ 17 in July 1942 to attack convoyPQ 18 the next Arctic convoy of the Western Allies. Following the victory over ConvoyPQ 17, the Kriegsmarine...
ships from the Britain-to-Russia convoyPQ 14 joined QP 10 after turning back due to ice and weather damage. The convoy was escorted by the cruiser HMS...
to send ConvoyPQ 18 from Iceland to Murmansk and when the convoys crossed transfer much of the escort force from the outbound convoy to Convoy QP 14 and...
This is a List of Allied convoys during World War II by region. "Norwegian Campaign, World War 2 at Sea, April 1940". "Norwegian Campaign, World War 2...
rescue service from 26 February 1941, sailed with 68 convoys, including ConvoyPQ 17 and Convoy SC 130, rescued 665 survivors. Also participated in QP14...
Convoy QP 1 was an Arctic convoy of the PQ/QP series which ran during the Second World War. It was one of a series of convoys run to return Allied ships...
Convoy QP 15 was an Arctic convoy of the PQ/QP series which ran during the Second World War. It was one of a series of convoys run to return Allied ships...
ships that had been a part of ConvoyPQ 13. The convoy sailed from the Soviet port of Murmansk on 28 April 1942. The convoy was escorted by the light cruiser...
of World War II were fought around convoys, including: ConvoyPQ 16, May 1942 ConvoyPQ 17, June–July 1942 ConvoyPQ 18, September 1942 Operation Pedestal...
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