Convoy QP.15

Depart Kola Inlet on 17 November 1942.
Arrive Loch Ewe on 30 November 1942.
Hague's records contain 32 merchants and 30 escorts (31 ships TDS)

Vessel
Pdt.
Tons
Built
Cargo
Notes
ANDRE MARTI (Russ)
33
2,352
1918
 
 
BAKU 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 18/11 - 20/11
BELOMORCANAL (Russ)
12
2,900
1936
 
 
BERGAMOT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 17/11 - 30/11
BLUEBELL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 17/11 - 30/11
BRITOMART 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 17/11 -
BRYONY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 17/11 - 30/11
CAMELLIA 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 17/11 - 30/11
CHARLES R McCORMICK (US)
62
6,027
1920
 
 
COPELAND (Br)
54
1,526
1923
 
RESCUE SHIP
DAN-Y-BRYN (Br)
71
5,117
1940
 
 
ECHO 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/11 - 22/11
EMPIRE BAFFIN (Br)
61
6,978
1941
 
 
EMPIRE MORN (Br)
13
7,092
1941
 
CAM SHIP
EMPIRE SNOW (Br)
31
6,327
1941
 
 
EMPIRE TRISTRAM (Br)
72
7,167
1942
 
 
ESEK HOPKINS (US)
73
7,191
1942
 
COLLISION IN DVINA RIVER 15.11
EXFORD (US)
41
4,969
1919
 
 
FAULKNOR 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/11 - 26/11
FORESTER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/11 - 25/11
FRIEDRICH ENGELS (Russ)
23
3,972
1930
 
 
GOOLISTAN (Br)
53
5,851
1929
 
SUNK BY U 625
HALCYON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 17/11 -
HAZARD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 17/11 -
HMS ULSTER QUEEN (Br)
42
3,791
1929
 
 
HOLLYWOOD (US)
93
5,498
1920
 
 
ICARUS 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/11 - 26/11
IMPULSIVE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/11 - 26/11
INTREPID 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 20/11 - 26/11
IRONCLAD (US)
 
5,685
1919
 
RETURNED
JUNON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 17/11 -
KOMILES (Russ)
21
3,962
1932
 
 
KUZNETZ LESOV (Russ)
64
3,974
1933
 
SUNK
LAFAYETTE (US)
43
5,887
1919
 
 
LEDBURY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/11 - 30/11
LONDON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/11 - 26/11
MEANTICUT (US)
 
6,061
1921
 
RETURNED
MIDDLETON 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 22/11 - 30/11
MUSKETEER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 23/11 - 30/11
NATHANIEL GREENE (US)
83
7,177
1942
 
 
OAKLEY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 23/11 - 30/11
OBDURATE 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/11 - 25/11
OCEAN FAITH (Br)
81
7,174
1942
 
 
ONSLAUGHT 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/11 - 25/11
ORWELL 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 23/11 - 30/11
P 216 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/11 -
P 312 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 08/12 -
PATRICK HENRY (US)
82
7,191
1941
 
 
PETROVSKI (Russ)
44
3,771
1921
 
 
SAHALE (US)
11
5,028
1919
 
 
SCHOHARIE (US)
32
4,971
1919
 
 
SHARPSHOOTER 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 17/11 -
SOKRUSHITELNY 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 18/11 - 20/11
ST OLAF (US)
22
7,191
1942
 
 
SUFFOLK 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 19/11 - 26/11
TBILISI (Russ)
52
7,169
1912
 
 
TEMPLE ARCH (Br)
51
5,138
1940
 
 
ULSTER QUEEN 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 17/11 - 24/11
UREDD 
 
 
 
 
ESCORT 13/11 -
VIRGINIA DARE (US)
91
7,177
1942
 
 
WHITE CLOVER (Pan)
63
5,462
1920
 
 
WILLIAM MOULTRIE (US)
92
7,177
1942
 
 

Additional notes by Arnold Hague and co-workers for convoy QP.15:

    BAKU severely damaged by weather 20.11.42
    ULSTER QUEEN,BLUEBELL & CAMELLIA absent after 24.11.42 to refuel.
    COMMODORE: Capt W C MEEK RD RNR IN TEMPLE ARCH
    VICE COMMODORE: SHIP'S MASTER IN DAN-Y BRYN
Data supplied by Don Kindell, extracted from the late Arnold Hague's papers with the kind permission of Mrs. Gill Hague.