Convoy PQ 4 was the fifth of the
Arctic Convoys of World War II by which the Western Allies supplied material aid to the
Soviet Union in its fight with
Nazi Germany. The Convoy sailed from Hvalfjord, Iceland on 17 November 1941 and arrived at
Archangelsk
Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near i ...
on 28 November 1941.
Ships
The convoy consisted of eight merchant ships (four British and four Soviet) all of which arrived safely. The escort consisted of the cruiser
HMS ''Berwick'', the destroyers
HMS ''Offa'' and
HMS ''Onslow'', two
minesweepers and two
armed trawlers.
Complete List of Ships
The following information is from the Arnold Hague Convoy Database.
References
* Richard Woodman, Arctic Convoys 1941–1945, 1994,
Convoy web
PQ 04
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