Convoy PQ 2

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Convoy PQ-2 was the third 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 Liverpool on 13 October 1941 and arrived safely at Archangelsk on 30 October 1941.

Ships

The following information is from the Arnold Hague Convoy Database for the British ships.^[1]

Merchantmen

Name	Flag	Tonnage (GRT)	Notes
Empire Baffin (1941)	United Kingdom	6,978
Harpalion (1932)	United Kingdom	5,486
Hartlebury (1934)	United Kingdom	5,082
Kheti (1927)	United Kingdom	2,734	Ammunition carrier. Did not proceed beyond Scapa Flow in PQ 2.
Orient City (1940)	United Kingdom	5,095
Queen City (1924)	United Kingdom	4,814
Temple Arch (1940)	United Kingdom	5,138

Escorts

Name	Type	Flag	Duration of escort
HMS Bramble (J11)	Minesweeper	Royal Navy	17-30 October
HMS Eclipse (H08)	Destroyer	Royal Navy	17-30 October
HMS Gossamer	Minesweeper	Royal Navy	29-30 October
HMS Hussar (J82)	Minesweeper	Royal Navy	29-30 October
HMS Icarus (D03)	Destroyer	Royal Navy	17-30 October
HMS Leda (J93)	Minesweeper	Royal Navy	29-30 October
HMS Norfolk (78)	Cruiser	Royal Navy	18-30 October
HMS Seagull (J85)	Minesweeper	Royal Navy	14-30 October
HMS Speedy (J17)	Minesweeper	Royal Navy	14-30 October
Uritski	Destroyer	Soviet Union	29-30 October
Valerian Kuybyshev	Destroyer	Soviet Union	29-30 October

References

↑ "Convoy PQ.2". 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

Coordinates: 64°33′00″N 40°28′48″E / 64.5500°N 40.4800°E / 64.5500; 40.4800

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