Convoy PQ.15

Convoy PQ.15

 

Departed from Oban April 10, 1942
Arrived Murmansk May 5, 1942
No. of vessels (Hague) 26
No. of vessels accounted for here

26

Vessels lost from convoy

4

Note: ALCOA CADET sank after hitting a mine in port at Kola Inlet on June 21, 1942.


Vessel
Tons
Built
Notes
ALCOA CADET (Am)
4,823
1919
sunk in PQ.15 (mined in port)
ALCOA RAMBLER (Am)
5,500
1919
 
BAYOU CHICO (Am)
5,401
1920
 
BOTAVON (Br)
5,848
1912
sunk in PQ.15 (aircraft)
CAPE CORSO (Br)
3,807
1929
sunk in PQ.15 (aircraft)
CAPE RACE (Br)
3,807
1930
 
CAPIRA (Pan)
5,565
1920
 
DEER LODGE (Am)
6,187
1919
 
EMPIRE BARD (Br)
3,114
1942
 
EMPIRE MORN (Br)
7,092
1941
 
EXPOSITOR (Am)
4,959
1919
 
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY (Am)
7,176
1941
 
GRAY RANGER (Br)
3,313
1941
sunk in QP.14 (U-435)
HEGIRA (Am)
7,588
1919
 
JUTLAND (Br)
6,153
1918
sunk in PQ.15 (U-251)
KRASSIN (Ru)
4,902
1917
 
LANCASTER (Am)
7,516
1918
 
MONTCALM (Br)
1,432
1904
 
MORMACREY (Am)
5,946
1919
 
MORMACRIO (Am)
5,940
1919
 
PAUL LUCKENBACH (Am)
6,606
1913
 
SEATTLE SPIRIT (Am)
5,627
1919
 
SOUTHGATE (Br)
4,862
1926
 
TEXAS (Am)
5,638
1919
 
TOPA TOPA (Am)
5,356
1920
 
ZEBULON B. VANCE (Am)
7,177
1942
 


45 escorts were associated (at least in part) with convoy PQ.15.


BADSWORTH    BELVOIR    BOADICEA    BRAMBLE    CAPE PALLISER   
CHILTERN    DUKE OF YORK    ESCAPADE    FAULKNOR    HURSLEY   
INGLEFIELD    KENYA    KING GEORGE V    LAMERTON    LEDA   
LEDBURY    LONDON    MADISON    MARNE    MARTIN   
MATCHLESS    MIDDLETON    MINERVE    NIGERIA    NORTHERN PRIDE   
ORIBI    P 43    P 551    PLUNKETT    PUNJABI   
SEAGULL    SOMALI    ST. ALBANS    STURGEON    TRUANT   
TUSCALOOSA    ULSTER QUEEN    UREDD    VENOMOUS    VICTORIOUS   
VIZALMA    WAINWRIGHT    WASHINGTON    WICHITA    WILSON   
                   
                   
                   

Escort(s) lost or damaged:

PUNJABI
Sunk by collision in fog with battleship HMS King George V in convoy PQ-15 on 1 May 1942
(0 dead and 169 survivors).


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