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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 HMS Edinburgh, destroyers Echo and Escapade, two minesweepers and two armed trawlers. The ships arrived safely.

Order of battle

Convoyed ships

Ships in convoy

Name	Year	Flag	GRT	Notes
SS Dekabrist	1903	Soviet Union	7,363
SS El Oceano	1925	Panama	6,767
SS Elona	1936	United Kingdom	6,192	Convoy Commodore
SS Empire Mavis	1919	United Kingdom	5,704	Vice-Commodore
SS Explorer	1935	United Kingdom	6,235
SS Mirlo	1922	Norway	7,455
SS Mount Evans	1919	Panama	5,598
SS Zamalek	1921	United Kingdom	1,567	Convoy rescue ship

Escorts

Ocean escort

Name	Flag	Type	Notes
HMS Edinburgh	Royal Navy	Town-class cruiser	Escort 11–20 December
HMS Echo	Royal Navy	E-class destroyer	Escort 11–20 December
HMS Escapade	Royal Navy	E-class destroyer	Escort 11–20 December
HMS Hazard	Royal Navy	Halcyon-class minesweeper	Escort 19–20 December
HMS Leda	Royal Navy	Halcyon-class minesweeper	Escort 19–20 December
HMT Cape Argona	Royal Navy	ASW trawler	Escort 8–12 December
HMT Hugh Walpole	Royal Navy	ASW trawler	Escort 8–12 December
HMT Stella Capella	Royal Navy	ASW trawler	Escort 8–12 December

Footnotes

1. Woodman 2004, pp. 46–49.
2. Woodman 2004, pp. 48–50.

Bibliography

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

Further reading

• Boog, H.; Rahn, W.; Stumpf, R.; Wegner, B. (2001). The Global War: Widening of the Conflict into a World War and the Shift of the Initiative 1941–1943. Germany in the Second World War. Vol. VI. Translated by Osers, E.; Brownjohn, J.; Crampton, P.; Willmot, L. (Eng trans. Oxford University Press, London ed.). Potsdam: Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History). ISBN 0-19-822888-0.
• Claasen, A. R. A. (2001). Hitler's Northern War: The Luftwaffe's Ill-fated Campaign, 1940–1945. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-1050-2.
• Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939–1945: Its Organisation, Defence and Operation. London: Chatham. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
• Hancock, W. K.; Gowing, M. M. (1949). Hancock, W. K. (ed.). British War Economy. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Civil Series. London: HMSO. OCLC 630191560.
• Hinsley, F. H. (1994) . British Intelligence in the Second World War: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series (2nd rev. abr. ed.). London: HMSO. ISBN 978-0-11-630961-7.
• Kahn, D. (1973) . The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing (10th abr. Signet, Chicago ed.). New York: Macmillan. LCCN 63-16109. OCLC 78083316.
• Macksey, K. (2004) . The Searchers: Radio Intercept in two World Wars (Cassell Military Paperbacks ed.). London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-36651-4.
• Paterson, Lawrence (2016). Steel and Ice: The U-boat Battle in the Arctic and Black Sea 1941–45. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-258-4.
• Roskill, S. W. (1957) . Butler, J. R. M. (ed.). The War at Sea 1939–1945: The Defensive. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series. Vol. I (4th impr. ed.). London: HMSO. OCLC 881709135. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022.
• Ruegg, R.; Hague, A. (1993) . Convoys to Russia: Allied Convoys and Naval Surface Operations in Arctic Waters 1941–1945 (2nd rev. enl. ed.). Kendal: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-66-5.

External links

• Convoy web

• Arctic convoys of World War II
• Naval battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom
• Naval battles of World War II involving the Soviet Union