Convoy PQ 7 was the eighth of the Arctic convoys of the

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by which the Western Allies supplied material aid to the

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in its fight with

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. The convoy was in two parts: PQ 7a sailed from Hvalfjörður,

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on 26 December 1941 and arrived at

Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') i ...

on 12 January 1942. PQ 7b sailed from Hvalfjord, Iceland on 31 December 1941 and arrived in Murmansk on 11 January 1942.

Ships

PQ 7a

PQ 7a consisted of two merchant ships; SS ''Cold Harbor'' (Panama) and SS ''Waziristan'' (UK), and was escorted by two armed trawlers. SS ''Waziristan'' was sunk by the

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on 2 January 1942.

Complete list of ships of PQ 7a

PQ 7b

PQ 7b comprised nine merchant vessels (two Panamanian, one Russian and seven British). The escort consisted of the destroyers , and two armed trawlers. All ships arrived safely.

Ships in Convoy PQ 7b

Footnotes

References

* * {{Arctic convoys PQ 07 C