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I also have a section for Other Convoys

For details on the convoys that have not been included here, see this external site about the Russian Convoys.

See also:
Total Allied Merchant Ship Losses

These Norwegian merchant ships (or Panamanian, with Norwegian managers) took part in Arctic convoys:
M/T Egerø, M/T Herbrand, D/S Idefjord, M/S Ivaran, M/S Kong Haakon VII, M/S Kronprinsen, D/T Marathon, M/T Noreg, D/T Norfjell, M/T Norlys, D/S Roald Amundsen, D/S Skiensfjord, and Mirlo, as well as the corvettes Tunsberg Castle and Eglantine.

Info is available on the following Convoys:
QP 2 | QP 3 | QP 4 | QP 5 | QP 6 | QP 7 | QP 8 | QP 9 | QP 10 | QP 11 | QP 12 | QP 13 | RA 54A | RA 54B | RA 56 | RA 57 | RA 58 | RA 59 | RA 59A | RA 60 | RA 61 | RA 62 | RA 63 | RA 64 | RA 65 | RA 67 |

PQ 6 | PQ 9 / PQ 10 | PQ 13 | PQ 14 | JW 53 / JW 53B | JW 54A | JW 55B | JW 56A | JW 58 | JW 59 | JW 60 | JW 61 | JW 63 | JW 64 | JW 65 | JW 66 | JW 67 |

Post War sailings from Russia

The following RU convoys (Reykjavik-Loch Ewe, later Reykjavik-Belfast) are also available on this site:

RU 10 RU 11RU 12RU 13 RU 14RU 15RU 16RU 17RU 18RU 19RU 20RU 21RU 22RU 23RU 24RU 25RU 26RU 27RU 28RU 29RU 30RU 31RU 32RU 33RU 34RU 35RU 36RU 37RU 38RU 39RU 75RU 76RU 77RU 78RU 79RU 80RU 81RU 82RU 83RU 84RU 85RU 86RU 87RU 88RU 89RU 90RU 91RU 92RU 93RU 94RU 95RU 96RU 97RU 98RU 99RU 100RU 101RU 102RU 105RU 106RU 107RU 108RU 110RU 111RU 112RU 113RU 114RU 115RU 116RU 117RU 118RU 119RU 120RU 121RU 122RU 123RU 124 & RU 124ARU 125RU 126 & RU 126ARU 127RU 128RU 129RU 130RU 131RU 132RU 133RU 134RU 135RU 136RU 137RU 138RU 139RU 140RU 141RU 142RU 143RU 144RU 145RU 146RU 147RU 148RU 149RU 150RU 151RU 152RU 153RU 154RU 155RU 161

Also, info is available (and will be added) on the following convoys, going in the other direction:
UR 23UR 26UR 32UR 46 Report


Allied Merchant Ship Losses in Arctic Convoys, June 21-1941 – May 8-1945:
(Source: Convoys to Russia 1941-1945, Bob Ruegg/Arnold Hague, 1992).

American
British
Russian
Alamar
Alcoa Cadet
Alcoa Ranger
Andrew G. Curtin
Bellingham
Carlton
Christopher Newport
City of Joliet
Daniel Morgan
Edward H. Crockett
Effingham
Executive
Fairfield City
Graylock
Heffron
Henry Bacon
Honomu
Hoosier
Horace Bushnell
Horace Gray *
Hybert
J L M Curry
John Penn
John Witherspoon
Kentucky
Mary Luckenbach
Massmar
Mormacsul
Oliver Ellsworth
Olopana
Oregonian
Pan Atlantic
Pan Kraft
Penelope Barker
Peter Kerr
Puerto Rican
Richard Bland
Silver Sword
Steel Worker
Syros
Thomas Donaldson
Thomas Scott
Wacosta
Washington
William Clark
William Hooper
William S Thayer
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Total American: 47
Aldersdale
Atheltemplar
Bolton Castle
Botavon
Cape Corso
Chulmleigh
Earlston
Empire Beaumont
Empire Byron
Empire Cowper
Empire Gilbert
Empire Howard
Empire Lawrence
Empire Purcell
Empire Ranger
Empire Sky
Empire Starlight
Empire Stevenson
Empire Tourist
Fort Bellingham
Goolistan
Gray Ranger
Harpalion
Hartlebury
Induna
Jutland
Lancaster Castle
Lowther Castle
Navarino
New Westminster City
Ocean Freedom
Ocean Voice
River Afton
Samsuva
Waziristan
Zaafaran
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Total British: 36

* There seems to be some disagreement on the American Horace Gray; some sources say she sank, some say she didn't. She was torpedoed by U-711 on Febr. 14-1945. See my page about Norfjell.

Dekabrist
Donbass
Ijora
Kiev
Krasny Partizan
Kuznetz Lesov
Rodina
Stalingrad
Sukhona
Tsiolkovsky
Ufa
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Total Russian: 11



Panamanian
Africander
Ballot
Bateau
El Capitan
El Occidente
Exterminator
Macbeth
Raceland
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Total Panamanian: 8

Additionally
the Dutch Paulus Potter was lost.

The Norwegian Norfjell is also listed as lost, but it appears she was repaired and put back into service. A number of escort vessels were also sunk. The "other side" likewise suffered losses; some German ships were sunk as well as several U-boats (see below). Aircraft were shot down on both sides.

Total number of ships lost in convoys to Russia: 103
(This number varies according to source; see also
Arctic Convoy Stats on my "Statistics & Misc." page)

Allied Warship Losses:
Cruisers Edinburgh, Trinidad, destroyers Achates, Hardy, Mahratta, Matabele, Punjabi, Sokrushitelny, Somali, sloops Kite, Lark, Lapwing, frigate Goodall, corvettes Bluebell, Denbigh Castle, Tunsberg Castle, minesweepers Bramble, Gossamer, Leda and Niger, submarine P 551 (Jastrzab), armed whaler Shera.

German Losses:
Battlecruiser Scharnhorst, destroyers Friedrich Eckholdt and Z 26, auxiliary vessels/escorts Bremse and Ulm.
U 88, U-286, U-277, U-288, U-307, U-314, U-344, U-347, U-354, U-355, U-360, U-361, U-365, U-366, U-387, U-394, U-425, U-457, U-472, U-585, U-589, U-601, U-644, U-655, U-674, U-713, U-742, U-921, U-959, U-961 and U-973.

Related external links:
Russian Convoys 1941-1945 | Murmansk Run Article | The Russian Convoys (3 pages, covers PQ 17 and PQ 18).

Russian Convoys - Mike Holdoways section on the convoys to Russia (all convoys are included).

Convoys to Russia - with the returning convoys, in chronological order.

Arctic Convoys of WW II - Wikipedia article.

Convoy PQ 17 | Another one on Convoy PQ 17

Convoy - Lists the ships in JW 62 and a few other Arctic convoys, including the escorts.

Naval Armed Guard Service - Convoys to Northern Russia

The Soviet Advance into Norway | Frigjøringen av Øst-Finnmark (Norwegian text).

The Northern Sea Routes - based on Admiral Kuznetsov's memoirs (Russian Navy Minister).

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