Convoy PQ 7

Convoy PQ 7
Part of Arctic Convoys of the Second World War

The Norwegian and the Barents seas, site of the Arctic convoys
Date
  • PQ 7a: 26 December 1941 – 12 January 1942
  • PQ 7b: 31 December 1941 – 11 January 1942
Location
Arctic Ocean
Result British victory
Belligerents

Convoy PQ 7 was the eighth of the Arctic convoys of the Second World War by which the Western Allies supplied equipment, weapons, munitions and raw materials to the Soviet Union, after the invasion of 22 June 1941 by Nazi Germany. To keep to the departure schedule, the convoy was split and the first two ships sailed as Convoy PQ 7a, departing from Hvalfjörður in Iceland on 26 December 1941 and arrived at Murmansk on 12 January 1942.

The rest of the ships sailed as Convoy PQ 7b, departing from Hvalfjörður on 31 December 1941 and arriving in Murmansk on 11 January 1942.

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