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Convoy PQ 7

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Convoy PQ 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 with Nazi Germany. The convoy was in two parts: PQ 7a sailed from Hvalfjörður, Iceland on 26 December 1941 and arrived at Murmansk on 12 January 1942. PQ 7b sailed from Hvalfjord, Iceland on 31 December 1941 and arrived in Murmansk on 11 January 1942.

Ships

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Convoy PQ 7a

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Convoy PQ 7a consisted of two merchant ships; SS Cold Harbor (Panama) and SS Waziristan (UK), and was escorted by two armed trawlers. SS Waziristan was sunk by the German submarine U-134 on 2 January 1942.

Freighters

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Merchant ships[1]
Name Flag (GRT) Notes
Cold Harbor (1920)  Panama 5,010
Waziristan (1924)  United Kingdom 5,135 Convoy Commodore, stranded in ice, sunk by aircraft and U-134

Convoy escorts

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Convoy escorts[2]
Name Flag Type Notes
HMT Hugh Walpole  Royal Navy Anti-submarine trawler Escort 26–27 December
HMT Ophelia  Royal Navy Anti-submarine trawler Escort 26–27 December

Convoy PQ 7b

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Convoy PQ 7b comprised nine merchant vessels (two Panamanian, one Russian and seven British). The escort consisted of the destroyers HMS Icarus, HMS Tartar and two armed trawlers. All ships arrived safely.

Merchant ships

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Convoyed ships[3]
Name Flag (GRT) Notes
Aneroid (1917)  Panama 5,074
Botavon (1912)  United Kingdom 5,848
Chernyshevski (1919)  Soviet Union 3,588
Empire Activity (1919)  United Kingdom 5,335
Empire Halley (1941)  United Kingdom 7,168
Empire Howard (1941)  United Kingdom 6,985
Empire Redshank (1919)  United Kingdom 6,615
Jutland (1928)  United Kingdom 6,153
Reigh Count (1907)  Panama 4,657

Escorts

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Convoy escorts[4]
Name Flag Type Notes
HMT Cape Argona  Royal Navy Anti-submarine tawler Escort 31 December – 4 January
HMS Icarus  Royal Navy Destroyer Escort 4–11 January
HMS Tartar  Royal Navy Destroyer Escort 4–11 January
HMS Wastwater  Royal Navy Anti-submarine whaler Escort 31 December – 4 January

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Convoy PQ.7A". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Convoy PQ.7A". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Convoy PQ.7B". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Convoy PQ.7B". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

References

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