Convoy PQ 8

Convoy PQ 8

Convoy PQ 8 was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II. It sailed in January 1942 and arrived in Murmansk with the loss of one escort sunk, and one ship damaged.

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Ships

PQ 8 consisted of eight merchant ships; five British,one Soviet, one American, one of Panamanian registry. The convoy was escorted by two minesweepers, joined by an Ocean escort of two destroyers Matabele and Somali, supported by the cruiser Trinidad. The convoy was joined in the last stage of the voyage by two Royal Navy minesweepers based at Murmansk.

Voyage

PQ 8 sailed from Hvalfjord on 8 January 1942. and was joined on 10 January by the Ocean escort. The German navy (Kriegsmarine) had established a patrol line of four U-boats from Kirkenes to search for the convoy, but it was undetected by German aircraft or U-boats in the continuous darkness of the polar night, until the last day of the voyage. On 16 January the Eastern Local Escort joined; on 17 January the convoy was found by Kola escorted by Matabele. However U-454 struck again, torpedoing and sinking Matabele. Just two of her 200 crew survived. All other ships of PQ 8 arrived safely.

The German navy planned to attack the convoy with the battleship German battleship Tirpitz, but shortages of fuel and insufficient destroyer escorts forced a postponement of the attack.[1]

Ship list

  • British Pride
  • British Workman
  • Dartford
  • El Almirante
  • Harmatris
  • Larranga
  • Southgate
  • Stary Bolshevik

Citations

  1. ^ Garzke & Dulin, p. 250

References

  • Blair, Clay : Hitler's U-Boat War Vol I (1996) ISBN 0-304-35260-8
  • Garzke, William H.; Dulin, Robert O. (1985). Battleships: Axis and Neutral Battleships in World War II. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9780870211010. 
  • Kemp, Paul: Convoy! Drama in Arctic Waters (1993) ISBN 1-85409-130-1
  • Schofield, Bernard: (1964) The Russian Convoys BT Batsford ISBN (none)
  • PQ 8 at Convoyweb
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