Convoy QP 3 explained
Convoy QP 3 was one of Arctic convoys of World War II which sailed from the United Kingdom, United States or Iceland to the USSR.
Description
This small oceanic slow-speed special convoy sailed from Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union on 27 November 1941. It called at Seyðisfjörður in Iceland, and reached its final destination — Kirkwall, Scotland — on 3 December 1941.
Russia to Iceland
Merchant ships
Archangelsk to Seidisfjord| Name | Year | Flag | GRT | | Notes |
|---|
| 1918 | | 2,343 | 27–29 November, defects, returned Arkhangelsk |
| 1918 | | 2,352 | 27 November – 3 December, Seidisfjord |
| 1941 | | 6,978 | 27 November – 3 December, Seidisfjord |
| 1932 | | 5,486 | 27 November – 3 December, Seidisfjord |
| 1934 | | 5,082 | 27 November – 3 December, Seidisfjord |
| 1914 | | 3,109 | 27–29 November, defects, returned Arkhangelsk |
| 1940 | | 5,095 | Convoy Commodore; 27 November – 3 December, Seidisfjord |
| 1924 | | 4,814 | 27 November – 3 December, Seidisfjord |
| 1936 | | 2,900 | 27 November – 3 December, Seidisfjord |
| 1940 | | 5,132 | Vice-convoy Commodore; 27 November – 3 December, Seidisfjord |
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Russia to Iceland
Archangelsk to Seidisfjord| Name | Flag | Type | | Notes |
|---|
| | | 28 November – 3 December 1941 |
| | | 28 November – 2 December 1941 |
| | | 28 November – 2 December 1941 |
| | | 27–28 November 1941 |
| | | 27 November – 10 December 1941 |
| | | 27 November – 9 December 1941 |
| | | 9 –December to 12 December 1941 |
| | | 27–28 November 1941 |
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Iceland to Scotland
Merchant ships to Kirkwall
Seidisfjord to Kirkwall| Name | Year | Flag | GRT | | Notes |
|---|
| 1941 | | 6,978 | 9–12 December 1941 |
| 1932 | | 5,486 | 9–12 December 1941 |
| 1934 | | 5,082 | 9–12 December 1941 |
| 1940 | | 5,095 | Convoy Commodore, 9–12 December 1941 |
| 1924 | | 4,814 | 9–12 December 1941 |
| 1940 | | 5,132 | Vice-convoy Commodore, 9–12 December 1941 |
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Escorts, Iceland to Scotland
References
- 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.
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: Cain . T. J. . Sellwood . A. V. . HMS Electra . 1976 . Futura . London . 978-0-86007-330-7.
- 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.
- QP . 3 . 8 November 2024.
- 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: Hobbs, David . The Fleet Air Arm and the War in Europe 1939–1945 . 2022 . Seaforth (Pen & Sword) . Barnsley . 978-1-5267-9979-1.
- 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: Kemp, Paul . Convoy! Drama in Arctic Waters . 1993 . Arms and Armour Press . London . 1-85409-130-1 . registration . Archive Foundation.
- 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: Jürgen . Rohwer . Gerhard . Hümmelchen . Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two . 2005 . 1972 . Chatham . London . 3rd rev. . 978-1-86176-257-3.
- 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: Woodman, Richard . Richard Woodman . 2004 . 1994 . Arctic Convoys 1941–1945 . John Murray . London . 978-0-7195-5752-1.
