Convoy PQ 2

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Convoy PQ-2 was the third 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 Liverpool on 13 October 1941 and arrived at Archangelsk on 30 October 1941.

Ships

This Convoy consisted of 6 merchant ships and was escorted by:-

Cruiser HMS Norfolk
Destroyers HMS Icarus and HMS Eclipse
Minesweepers HMS Seagull , HMS Speedy (14 - 30 Oct 1941), minesweeper HMS Bramble (17 - 30 Oct 1941).

Escorted ships convoy PQ-2 in the coastal waters of the USSR (29 - 30 Oct 1941)

Minesweepers HMS Gossamer , HMS Leda , HMS Hussar
Destroyers Uritski, Valerian Kuybyshev.

All ships arrived safely

Complete List of Ships

The following information is from the Arnold Hague Convoy Database.^[1]

Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT)	Notes
HMS Bramble (J11)	Royal Navy		Escort 17 Oct - 30 Oct
HMS Eclipse (H08)	Royal Navy		Escort 17 Oct - 30 Oct
Empire Baffin (1941)	United Kingdom	6,978
HMS Gossamer	Royal Navy		Escort 29 Oct - 30 Oct
Harpalion (1932)	United Kingdom	5,486
Hartlebury (1934)	United Kingdom	5,082
HMS Hussar (J82)	Royal Navy		Escort 29 Oct - 30 Oct
HMS Icarus (D03)	Royal Navy		Escort 17 Oct - 30 Oct
Kheti (1927)	United Kingdom	2,734	Did Not Proceed Beyond Scapa Flow In PQ2
HMS Leda (J93)	Royal Navy		Escort 29 Oct - 30 Oct
HMS Norfolk (78)	Royal Navy		Escort 18 Oct - 30 Oct
Orient City (1940)	United Kingdom	5,095
Queen City (1924)	United Kingdom	4,814
HMS Seagull (J85)	Royal Navy		Escort 14 Oct - 30 Oct
HMS Speedy (J17)	Royal Navy		Escort 14 Oct - 30 Oct
Temple Arch (1940)	United Kingdom	5,138
Uritski	Soviet Union
Valerian Kuybyshev	Soviet Union

References

↑ "Convoy PQ.2". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 15 October 2013.

Richard Woodman, Arctic Convoys 1941-1945, 1994, ISBN 0-7195-5752-6
Convoy web

Arctic convoys of World War II

1941

Outbound	Dervish PQ 1 PQ 2 PQ 3 PQ 4 PQ 5 PQ 6

Homebound	QP 1 QP 2 QP 3

1942

Outbound	PQ 7a PQ 7b PQ 8 PQ 9 PQ 10 PQ 11 PQ 12 PQ 13 PQ 14 PQ 15 PQ 16 PQ 17 PQ 18 Operation FB JW 51A JW 51B

Homebound	QP 4 QP 5 QP 6 QP 7 QP 8 QP 9 QP 10 QP 11 QP 12 QP 13 QP 14 QP 15 RA 51

1943

Outbound	JW 52 JW 53 JW 54A JW 54B JW 55A JW 55B

Homebound	RA 52 RA 53 RA 54A RA 54B RA 55A RA 55B

1944

Outbound	JW 56A JW 56B JW 57 JW 58 JW 59 JW 60 JW 61 JW 61A JW 62 JW 63

Homebound	RA 56 RA 57 RA 58 RA 59 RA 59A RA 60 RA 61 RA 61A RA 62 RA 63

1945

Outbound	JW 64 JW 65 JW 66 JW 67

Homebound	RA 64 RA 65 RA 66 RA 67

Coordinates: 64°33′00″N 40°28′48″E / 64.5500°N 40.4800°E / 64.5500; 40.4800

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