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CONVOY QP 3

Convoy QP 3 Cruising Order
Left Archangel on Nov. 27-1941, dispersed Dec. 3.
Transcribed with the help of Advance Sailing Telegram received from Tony Cooper.
Station numbers and names of escorts were obtained from "Convoys to Russia 1941-1945", Bob Ruegg / Arnold Hague.

Underlined ships returned to Archangel, due to defects.

Br=British, Ru=Russian.
1
2
3
4
11
Empire Baffin
magnasite
Tees
(Br)
21
Orient City
timber - 3 passengers
London
(Br)
31
Temple Arch
timber
London
(Br)
41
Queen City
timber - 3 passengers
London
(Br)
12
Hartlebury
timber
London
(Br)
22
Revolutsioner
timber - 6 passengers
Methil d.g. / Immingham
(Ru)
32
Arcos*
timber - 3 passengers
Methil d.g. / W. Hartlepool
(Ru)
42
Harpalion
chrome ore - 1 passenger
Leith
(Br)
13
23
Kuzbass*
timber - 9 passengers
Methil d.g. / Sunderland
(Ru)
 33
Andre Marti
timber - 6 passengers
Methil d.g. / Tyne
(Ru)		 43
Upon dispersal the Russian ships proceeded to Kirkwall, the British ships to Seidisfjord.

* Arcos is listed in QP 5 in Jan.-1945, while Kuzbass does not show up again till QP 12 in May-1942 (returned, joined QP 13).


Commodore was in Orient City, Vice Commodore in Temple Arch.

Escorts:
From sailing until Dec. 9: Minesweeper Hussar.
From sailing until Dec. 10: Minesweeper Gossamer (these 2 vessels took the Russian ships to Kirkwall upon dispersal).
Nov. 28 - Dec. 2: Destroyers Bedouin and Intrepid.
Nov. 29 - Dec. 3: Cruiser Kenya.
Dec. 9 - Dec. 12 (escorting British ships from Seidisfjord to Kirkwall): Trawlers Macbeth and Hamlet.

No incidents.

Related external link:
Russian Convoy Series

Arctic Convoys main page

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