Convoy PQ 6 explained

Convoy PQ 6 was the seventh 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 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.

Order of battle

Convoyed ships

+Ships in convoy	Name	Year	Flag	GRT		Notes
	1903		7,363
	1925	Panama	6,767
	1936	United Kingdom	6,192	Convoy Commodore
	1919	United Kingdom	5,704	Vice-Commodore
	1935	United Kingdom	6,235
	1922	Norway	7,455
	1919	Panama	5,598
	1921	United Kingdom	1,567	Convoy rescue ship

Escorts

+Ocean escort	Name	Flag	Type		Notes
			Escort 11–20 December
		E-class destroyer	Escort 11–20 December
		E-class destroyer	Escort 11–20 December
			Escort 19–20 December
			Escort 19–20 December
		ASW trawler	Escort 8–12 December
		ASW trawler	Escort 8–12 December
		ASW trawler	Escort 8–12 December

Bibliography

• Book: Woodman, Richard . Richard Woodman . 2004 . 1994 . Arctic Convoys 1941–1945 . John Murray . London . 978-0-7195-5752-1.

Further reading

• Book: Boog . H. . Rahn . W. . Stumpf . R. . Wegner . B. . Osers . E. . Brownjohn . J. . Crampton . P. . Willmot . L. . Germany in the Second World War . The Global War: Widening of the Conflict into a World War and the Shift of the Initiative 1941–1943 . 2001 . VI . Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History) . Potsdam . Eng trans. Oxford University Press, London . 0-19-822888-0.

• Book: Claasen, A. R. A. . Hitler's Northern War: The Luftwaffe's Ill-fated Campaign, 1940–1945 . 2001 . University Press of Kansas . Lawrence, KS . 0-7006-1050-2.
• Book: Hague, Arnold . 2000 . The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945: Its Organisation, Defence and Operation . Chatham . London . 1-86176-147-3.
• Book: Hancock . W. K. . Keith Hancock (historian) . Gowing . M. M. . Margaret Gowing . Hancock . W. K. . History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Civil Series . British War Economy . 1949 . HMSO . London . 630191560.
• Book: Hinsley, F. H. . Harry Hinsley . History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series . British Intelligence in the Second World War: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations . London . HMSO . 1994 . 1993 . 2nd rev. abr. . 978-0-11-630961-7.
• Book: Kahn, D. . David Kahn (writer) . The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing . 1973 . 1967 . Macmillan . New York . 10th abr. Signet, Chicago . 78083316 . 63-16109.
• Book: Macksey, K. . The Searchers: Radio Intercept in two World Wars . Kenneth Macksey . 2004 . 2003 . Cassell . London . Cassell Military Paperbacks . 978-0-304-36651-4.
• Book: Paterson, Lawrence . Steel and Ice: The U-boat Battle in the Arctic and Black Sea 1941–45 . Stroud . The History Press . 2016 . 978-1-59114-258-4.
• Book: Roskill, S. W. . History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series . The War at Sea 1939–1945: The Defensive . I . Stephen Roskill . Butler . J. R. M. . James Ramsay Montagu Butler . 1957 . 1954 . HMSO . London . 4th impr. . 881709135 . 27 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220227021618/http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-RN-I/index.html . live.
• Book: Ruegg . R. . Hague . A. . Convoys to Russia: Allied Convoys and Naval Surface Operations in Arctic Waters 1941–1945 . 1993 . 1992 . World Ship Society . Kendal . 2nd rev. enl. . 0-905617-66-5.

External links

• Convoy web