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'''Convoy PQ 3''' was the fourth of the [[Arctic Convoys]] of the [[Second World War]] by which the Western Allies supplied material aid to the [[Soviet Union]] in its fight with [[Nazi Germany]]. The Convoy sailed from [[Hvalfjord]], [[Iceland]] on 9 November 1941 and arrived at [[Archangelsk]] on 22 November 1941.
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==Ships==
The convoy consisted of 8 ships (6 British and 2 Panamanian flagged) escorted by the cruiser {{HMS|Kenya|14|6}}, the destroyer {{HMS|Intrepid|D10|6}}, [[minesweepers]] and [[armed trawlers]]. One [[merchant ship]], MV ''Briarwood'', returned to Iceland with damage from ice; the others arrived safely.

==Vessels involved==

===Merchant ships===

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|+Convoyed ships{{sfn|Ruegg|Hague|1993|p=22}}
! scope="col" width="100px"  |Name
! scope="col" width="15px"  |Year
! scope="col" width="120px"  |Flag
! scope="col" width="15px"  |[[gross register tons|GRT]]
! |Notes
|-
|align="left"|{{SS|Briarwood|1930|6}}
|align="left"|1930
|align="left"|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|4,019
|align="left"|Damaged, returned To Iceland
|-
|align="left"|{{SS|Cape Corso|1929|6}}
|align="left"|1929
|align="left"|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|3,807
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|{{SS|Cape Race|1930|6}}
|align="left"|1930
|align="left"|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|3,807
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|{{SS|Cocle|1920|6}}
|align="left"|1920
|align="left"|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|5,630
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|{{SS|El Capitan||6}}
|align="left"|1917
|align="left"|{{flag|Panama}}
|align="right"|5,255
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|{{SS|San Ambrosio|1935|6}}
|align="left"|1935
|align="left"|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|7,410
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|{{SS|Trekieve|1919|6}}
|align="left"|1919
|align="left"|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|5,244
|align="left"|
|-
|align="left"|{{SS|Wanstead|1928|6}}
|align="left"|1928
|align="left"|{{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|align="right"|5,486
|align="left"|Convoy Commodore
|-
|}

===Convoy escorts===

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|+Convoy escorts{{sfn|Ruegg|Hague|1993|p=23}}
! scope="col" width="100px"  |Name
! scope="col" width="100px"  |Flag
! scope="col" width="160px"  |Type
! |Notes
|-
|align="left"| {{HMS|Kenya|14|6}}
|align="left"| {{naval|UKGBI}}
|align="left"| {{sclass|Fiji|cruiser}}
|align="left"| Escort 14–20 November
|-
|align="left"| {{HMS|Bedouin|F67|6}}
|align="left"| {{naval|UKGBI}}
|align="left"| [[A- and B-class destroyer|B-class destroyer]]
|align="left"| Escort 14–20 November
|-
|align="left"| {{HMS|Intrepid|D10|6}}
|align="left"| {{naval|UKGBI}}
|align="left"| {{sclass2|I|destroyer}}
|align="left"| Escort 14 –20 November
|-
|align="left"| {{HMS|Bramble|J11|6}}
|align="left"| {{naval|UKGBI}}
|align="left"| {{sclass|Halcyon|minesweeper}}
|align="left"| Escort 20–22 November
|-
|align="left"| {{HMS|Seagull|J85|6}}
|align="left"| {{naval|UKGBI}}
|align="left"| {{sclass|Halcyon|minesweeper}}
|align="left"| Escort 20–22 November
|-
|align="left"| {{HMS|Speedy|J17|6}}
|align="left"| {{naval|UKGBI}}
|align="left"| {{sclass|Halcyon|minesweeper}}
|align="left"| Escort 20–22 November
|-
|align="left"| {{HMT|Hamlet|T167|6}}
|align="left"| {{naval|UKGBI}}
|align="left"| {{sclass2|Shakespearian|trawler|1}}
|align="left"| Escort 9–14 November
|-
|align="left"| {{HMT|Macbeth|T138|6}}
|align="left"| {{naval|UKGBI}}
|align="left"| {{sclass2|Shakespearian|trawler|1}}
|align="left"| Escort 9–15 November
|-
|}

==Footnotes==
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==References==
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* {{cite book |last1=Ruegg |first1=R. |last2=Hague |first2=A. |title=Convoys to Russia: Allied Convoys and Naval Surface Operations in Arctic Waters 1941–1945 |year=1993 |orig-year=1992 |publisher=World Ship Society |location=Kendal |edition=2nd rev. enl. |isbn=0-905617-66-5}}
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Blair |first=Clay |title=Hitler's U-Boat War |volume=I |location=New York |publisher=Random House |year=1996 |isbn=0-304-35260-8}}
* {{cite book |last=Brown |first=David |title=Warship Losses of World War Two |year=1995 |orig-year=1990 |publisher=Arms and Armour Press |location=London |edition=2nd rev. |isbn=978-1-85409-278-6}}
* {{cite book |last1=Boog |first1=H. |last2=Rahn |first2=W. |last3=Stumpf |first3=R. |last4=Wegner |first4=B. |translator1-last=Osers |translator1-first=E. |translator2-last=Brownjohn |translator2-first=J. |translator3-last=Crampton |translator3-first=P. |translator4-last=Willmot |translator4-first=L. |series=Germany in the Second World War |title=The Global War: Widening of the Conflict into a World War and the Shift of the Initiative 1941–1943 |year=2001 |volume=VI |publisher=Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Research Institute for Military History) |location=Potsdam |edition=Eng trans. Oxford University Press, London |isbn=0-19-822888-0}}
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* {{cite book |last=Budiansky |first=S. |title=Battle of Wits: The Complete Story of Codebreaking in World War II |year=2000 |publisher=The Free Press (Simon & Schuster) |location=New York |isbn=0-684-85932-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/battleofwitscomp00budi |via=Archive Foundation}}
* {{cite book |last=Butler |first=J. R. M. |author-link=J. R. M. Butler |series=History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series |title=Grand Strategy: June 1941 – August 1942 (Part II) |year=1964 |volume=III |publisher=HMSO |location=London |oclc=504770038}}
* {{cite book |last=Claasen |first=A. R. A. |title=Hitler's Northern War: The Luftwaffe's Ill-fated Campaign, 1940–1945 |year=2001 |publisher=University Press of Kansas |location=Lawrence, KS |isbn=0-7006-1050-2}}
* {{cite book |last=Edgerton |first=D. |author-link=David Edgerton (historian) |title=Britain's War Machine: Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War |year=2011 |publisher=Allen Lane |location=London |isbn=978-0-7139-9918-1}}
* {{cite book |last=Hague |first=Arnold |year=2000 |title=The Allied Convoy System, 1939–1945: Its Organization, Defence and Operation |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, MD |isbn=978-1-55750-019-9}}
* {{cite book |last1=Hancock |first1=W. K. |authorlink1=Keith Hancock (historian) |last2=Gowing |first2=M. M. |authorlink2=Margaret Gowing |editor-last=Hancock |editor-first=W. K. |series=History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Civil Series |title=British War Economy |year=1949 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |oclc=630191560}}
* {{cite book |last=Hinsley |first=F. H. |series=History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series |title=British Intelligence in the Second World War: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations |location=London |publisher=HMSO |year=1994 |orig-year=1993 |edition=2nd rev. abr. |isbn=978-0-11-630961-7}}
* {{cite book |last=Kahn |first=D. |title=The Codebreakers: The Story of Secret Writing |year=1973 |orig-year=1967 |publisher=Macmillan |location=New York |edition=10th abr. Signet, Chicago |oclc=78083316 |lccn=63-16109}}
* {{cite book |last=Macksey |first=K. |author-link=Kenneth Macksey |title=The Searchers: Radio Intercept in two World Wars |year=2004 |orig-year=2003 |publisher=Cassell |location=London |edition=Cassell Military Paperbacks |isbn=978-0-304-36651-4}}
* {{cite book |last=Paterson |first=Lawrence |title=Steel and Ice: The U-Boat Battle in the Arctic and Black Sea 1941–45 |location=Stroud |publisher=The History Press |date=2016 |isbn= 978-1-59114-258-4}}
* {{cite book |first1=Jürgen |last1=Rohwer |first2=Gerhard |last2=Hümmelchen |title=Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two |year=2005 |orig-year=1972 |publisher=Chatham |location=London |edition=3rd rev. |isbn=978-1-86176-257-3}}
* {{cite book |last=Roskill |first=S. W. |author-link=Stephen Roskill |editor-last=Butler |editor-first=J. R. M. |editor-link=James Ramsay Montagu Butler |series=History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military Series |title=The War at Sea 1939–1945: The Defensive |volume=I  |year=1957 |orig-year=1954 |publisher=HMSO |location=London |edition=4th impr. |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-RN-I/index.html |oclc=881709135 |archive-date=27 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220227021618/http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-RN-I/index.html |url-status=live}}
* {{cite book |first=Richard |last=Woodman |year=2004 |orig-year=1994 |title=Arctic Convoys 1941–1945 |publisher=John Murray |location=London |isbn=978-0-7195-5752-1}}

==External links==
* [http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/russian/index.html Convoy web]

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