Convoy PQ 7

Arctic naval operations of World War II

Weserübung Norwegian Campaign Convoys Claymore Gauntlet PQ 7 PQ 8 PQ 12 Sportpalast PQ 13 PQ 14 QP 10 PQ 15 QP 11 PQ 16 PQ 17 Rösselsprung QP 13 Wunderland PQ 18 QP 14 Doppelschlag QP 15 JW 51A JW 51B Regenbogen Barents Sea JW 55B Ostfront North Cape JW 56A JW 56B JW 57 JW 58

Convoy PQ-7 was the eighth of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War by which the Western Allies supplied material aid to the Soviet Union in its fight with Nazi Germany. The Convoy was in two parts: PQ 7a sailed from Hvalfjörður, Iceland on 26 December 1941 and arrived at Murmansk on 12 January 1942. PQ7b 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 German submarine U-134 on 2 January 1942.

Complete List of Ships of PQ.7a^[1]

Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT)	Notes
Cold Harbor (1920)	Panama	5,010
HMT Hugh Walpole	Royal Navy		Escort 26 Dec - 27 Dec Anti-submarine trawler
HMT Ophelia	Royal Navy		Escort 26 Dec - 27 Dec Anti-submarine trawler
Waziristan (1924)	United Kingdom	5,135	Stranded in ice & attacked by both aircraft & U-134 and sunk Commodore’s Ship

PQ 7b

PQ 7b comprised nine merchant vessels (two Panamanian, one Russian and seven British). The escort consisted of the destroyers HMS Icarus, HMS Tartar and two armed trawlers.

All ships arrived safely.

Ships in Convoy PQ 7b^[2]

Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT)	Notes
Aneroid (1917)	Panama	5,074
Botavon (1912)	United Kingdom	5,848
HMT Cape Argona	Royal Navy		Escort 31 Dec - 04 Jan
Chernyshevski (1919)	Soviet Union	3,588
Empire Activity (1919)	United Kingdom	5,335
Empire Halley (1941)	United Kingdom	7,168
Empire Howard (1941)	United Kingdom	6,985
Empire Redshank (1919)	United Kingdom	6,615
HMS Icarus (D03)	Royal Navy		Escort 04 Jan - 11 Jan
Jutland (1928)	United Kingdom	6,153
Reigh Count (1907)	Panama	4,657
HMS Tartar (F43)	Royal Navy		Escort 04 Jan - 11 Jan
HMS Wastwater	Royal Navy		Escort 31 Dec - 04 Jan Anti-submarine whaler

References

↑ "Convoy PQ.7A". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
↑ "Convoy PQ.7B". 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

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