Ship

Nationality

Destination

Empire Selwyn

British

Leith

Atlantic

"

Hartlepool

Ijora

Russian

U.S.A.
Sunk - See Notes

Revolutsioner

"

Hull

Explorer

British

Immingham

El Lago

Panamanian

U.S.A.

Noreg

Norwegian tanker

U.S.A.
(See RU 16)

British Pride

British tanker

U.S.A.
(See RU 16)

British Workman

British

U.S.A.
(See also RU 18)

Cold Harbor

Panamanian

U.S.A.

Elona

British tanker

Sunderland

Larranga

American

U.S.A.

Tbilisi

Russian

U.S.A.

Friedrich Engels

"

U.S.A.

West Nohno

American

U.S.A.

Commodore was the captain of Empire Selwyn.

Due to bad weather the convoy was scattered on March 4, was able to reform (Ijora and Larranga missing at that time - the latter later arrived Iceland safely), but was scattered again on the 6th, and again able to reform.

Ijora (about 100 miles astern of convoy, cargo of timber) was sunk on March 7 by the German destroyer Friedrich Ihn (Tirpitz was out with 3 destroyers searching for Convoy PQ 12; in fact Convoy QP 8 had met this convoy at noon on the 7th, the ships in the 2 convoys passing through each other's columns).

QP 8 split up on March 9, with 5 of the ships arriving Hvalfjord on the 11th, escorted by Oxlip and Sweetbriar, and the rest heading for Akureyri. (See also text under Noreg).

Escorts:
Local Escort March 1-March 3: Minesweepers Harrier and Sharpshooter (until dawn), and the Russian destroyers Gremyaschi and Gromki (until dusk).
Ocean Escort (from March 1): Minesweepers Hazard (SOE) and Salamander, corvettes Oxlip and Sweetbriar.
March 2-March 7: Cruiser Nigeria (distant cover).
Close support provided briefly by cruisers Kent and London.

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