Convoy PQ 6 was the seventh of the
Arctic convoys of World War II
The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia. There were 78 convoys ...
by which the Western Allies supplied material aid to the
Soviet Union in its fight with
Nazi Germany. The convoy sailed from
Hvalfjörður, Iceland, on 8 December 1941 and arrived at
Murmansk on 20 December 1941.
Ships
The convoy consisted of eight merchant ships (1 Soviet, 4 British, 1 Norwegian and 2 Panamanian). The escort included the cruiser , destroyers and , two minesweepers and two armed trawlers. The ships arrived safely.
Ships
The following information is from the Arnold Hague Convoy Database.
References
* Richard Woodman, ''Arctic Convoys 1941-1945'', 1994,
Convoy web
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PQ 06