Received from Tony Cooper, England - His source: Public Records Office, Kew.
Names of escorts were obtained from "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945", Bob Ruegg / Arnold Hague.

Cargoes are not given, station numbers are not known.

HMS Edinburgh, which had just joined the convoy after having loaded large quantities of gold at Murmansk, was torpedoed on Apr. 30 by U-456, while taking station ahead of the convoy. Her stern was blown off, and she attempted to return to Murmansk, escorted by Foresight and Forester, later joined by the Russian Gremyaschi and Sokrushitelny, as well as by the patrol vessel Rubin. The German destroyers Schoemann, Z 24 and Z 25 were ordered to sea to attack the damaged ship, but first concentrated on the convoy itself in a series of 6 attacks throughout the afternoon of May 1. The escorting Amazon was hit, but survived. The Russian merchant Tsiolkovsky however, was not so fortunate - she was sunk by torpedoes fired from Z 24 and Z 25, before the German vessels withdrew to search for Edinburgh, which was now almost unmanageable, when the German destroyers commenced a torpedo attack on May 2. This did not prevent her from fighting back, and she hit Schoemann with her second salvo, resulting in such heavy damages that the German ship was eventually abandoned and sank (most of her crew taken off by the other destroyers, while 56 were picked up from rafts by U-88).

Meanwhile, Edinburgh had been torpedoed by one of the destroyers (Z 24), cutting her in two, and after she had been abandoned she was finally sunk by a torpedo from Foresight. (58 had died. The majority of the gold bullion was later salvaged in the early 1980's).

Surviviors from Edinburgh were later taken home with Convoy QP 13.

Forester was also badly hit in this action.

Escorts:
Apr. 28-Apr. 29 (eastern local): Russian destroyers Kuibyshev and Sokrushitelny, and minesweepers Gossamer, Harrier, Hussar and Niger.
Apr. 28-May 7 (ocean): Destroyers Amazon, Beagle, Beverley and Bulldog, corvettes Campanula, Oxlip, Saxifrage and Snowflake, and trawler Lord Middleton.
Apr. 28-Apr. 30: Destroyers Foresight and Forester.
From Apr. 30: Cruiser Edinburgh.
Distant Cover (Home Fleet): Battleships King George V, Duke of York, aircraft carrier Victorious, cruiser Kenya and destroyer screen Belvoir, Escapade, Faulknor, Hursley, Inglefield, Lamerton, Marne, Martin, Middleton and Oribi.

Related external link:
HMS Edinburgh 1939-1942 - Includes a partial crew list over the years.

Russian Convoy Series