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Of the twenty merchant ships that sailed from Hvalfjord with PQ 13 on 20 March, ten had been lost at sea or in the hell of Murmansk and with them had gone 180 men. PQ 13 was the first Russia-bound convoy to be put to the German sword and the mauling it received was only […]

<img data-attachment-id="50815" data-permalink="https://web.archive.org/web/20221128025420/https://weaponsandwarfare.com/arctic-convoy/" data-orig-file="https://web.archive.org/web/20221128025420/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/cssg6uyvpshcu2ayey6k.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,900" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"Arctic Convoy","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Arctic Convoy","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Arctic Convoy" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="Arctic Convoy ” data-medium-file=”https://web.archive.org/web/20221128025420/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/cssg6uyvpshcu2ayey6k.jpg?w=500″ data-large-file=”https://web.archive.org/web/20221128025420/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/cssg6uyvpshcu2ayey6k.jpg?w=584″ src=”https://web.archive.org/web/20221128025420im_/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/cssg6uyvpshcu2ayey6k.jpg?w=1600″ alt=”” class=”wp-image-50815″ srcset=”https://web.archive.org/web/20221128025420im_/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/cssg6uyvpshcu2ayey6k.jpg 1600w, https://web.archive.org/web/20221128025420im_/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/cssg6uyvpshcu2ayey6k.jpg?w=150 150w, https://web.archive.org/web/20221128025420im_/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/cssg6uyvpshcu2ayey6k.jpg?w=500 500w, https://web.archive.org/web/20221128025420im_/https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/cssg6uyvpshcu2ayey6k.jpg?w=768 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px”/>Arctic Convoy German Operations During early March Admiral Schmundt ordered four U-boats west of Bear Island to attack the expected PQ12 convoy south of […]