Convoy route PQ
Code | PQ |
Route | Iceland - Russia |
Area | Arctic Ocean |
Notes | Convoys with Lend-Lease cargo for the Soviet Union, were replaced by the JW convoys. From September 1941 to December 1942, then continued as JW. |
Convoys | Date | Losses | |
1942 | |||
PQ-7A | Jan 1942 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 5,135 tons. | |
PQ-8 | Jan 1942 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 1,870 tons. | |
PQ-13 | Mar 1942 | 2 ships sunk with a total of 11,507 tons. | |
PQ-14 | Apr 1942 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 6,985 tons. | |
PQ-15 | May 1942 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 6,153 tons. | |
PQ-16 | May 1942 | 1 ship sunk with a total of 6,191 tons. | |
PQ-17 | Jul 1942 | 16 ships sunk with a total of 102,311 tons. | |
PQ-18 | Sep 1942 | 3 ships sunk with a total of 19,689 tons. |
8 PQ convoys successfully attacked in the war.
26 ships were sunk with a total of 159,841 GRT.
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