PQ convoys

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Arctic convoy Arctic convoys World War II convoy series

The PQ convoys were World War II Arctic naval convoys that transported vital Allied supplies to the Soviet Union through extremely hazardous, ice-filled and enemy-threatened northern sea routes.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Arctic convoy PQ 12 and related operations 1
British Arctic convoys 1
PQ 17 convoy 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic convoy ⓘ
Arctic convoys ⓘ
World War II convoy series ⓘ
belligerent Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allies
carried food supplies ⓘ
raw materials ⓘ
war materiel ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
convoyCodePattern letters PQ followed by number ⓘ
date July 1942 ⓘ
destination Soviet Union ⓘ
destinationPort Archangel ⓘ
Murmansk ⓘ
endYear 1942 ⓘ
escortedBy Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
followedBy JW convoys ⓘ
RA convoys ⓘ
geopoliticalContext Allied–Soviet cooperation ⓘ
languageOfCode English ⓘ
namedAfter Admiralty convoy code PQ ⓘ
notableConvoy Convoy PQ 17 ⓘ
opposedBy Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
organizedBy Admiralty (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: British Admiralty
originRegion Iceland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
outcome heavy Allied shipping losses ⓘ
partOf Arctic theatre of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Arctic convoys of World War II

PQ convoys ⓘ
purpose transport Allied supplies to the Soviet Union ⓘ
relatedTo QK convoys ⓘ
QP convoys ⓘ
riskFactor U-boats ⓘ
surface form: German U-boats

German surface raiders ⓘ
Luftwaffe air attacks ⓘ
extreme weather ⓘ
sea ice ⓘ
route Barents Sea ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Norwegian Sea ⓘ
significance supported Soviet war effort on Eastern Front ⓘ
startYear 1941 ⓘ
strategicObjective maintain supply line to northern Soviet ports ⓘ
theater Arctic Ocean ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allied convoy system → organizedAs → PQ convoys ⓘ
Captain Philip Vian → participatedIn → PQ convoys ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Vian
this entity surface form: Arctic convoy PQ 12 and related operations
Arctic theatre of World War II → notableOperation → PQ convoys ⓘ
this entity surface form: PQ 17 convoy
HMS Punjabi → partOf → PQ convoys ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Arctic convoys