Convoy PQ 17

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Arctic convoy World War II convoy

Convoy PQ 17 was a World War II Arctic convoy whose disastrous scattering under threat of German attack led to heavy Allied shipping losses and made it one of the most infamous convoy operations of the war.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Arctic convoy PQ 17	1
convoy PQ 17	1
sinking of convoy PQ 17	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic convoy ⓘ World War II convoy ⓘ
admiraltyFirstSeaLord	Dudley Pound NERFINISHED ⓘ
aftermath	court cases and public debate in Britain ⓘ temporary suspension of Arctic convoys ⓘ
belligerent	Allies of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
cargoType	aircraft ⓘ ammunition ⓘ food and raw materials ⓘ tanks ⓘ war materiel ⓘ
causeOfLosses	German U-boats NERFINISHED ⓘ German aircraft ⓘ German surface forces ⓘ
codeName	PQ 17 NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedIn	books about Arctic convoys ⓘ documentaries on World War II naval warfare ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
convoySeries	PQ convoys NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
destination	Arkhangelsk NERFINISHED ⓘ Murmansk NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1942-07-10 ⓘ
escortForceCommander	Jack Broome NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalReputation	one of the most disastrous Arctic convoys of World War II ⓘ subject of major controversy over Admiralty decisions ⓘ
lostShips	24 merchant ships sunk ⓘ
notableEvent	order to scatter convoy ⓘ
notableGermanShipThreat	Admiral Hipper GENERATED ⓘ Admiral Scheer GENERATED ⓘ Tirpitz GENERATED ⓘ
numberOfMerchantShips	35 ⓘ
numberOfNavalEscorts	6 destroyers and other escorts GENERATED ⓘ
opponent	Nazi Germany ⓘ
origin	Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Arctic convoys of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForScattering	threat of attack by German surface fleet including battleship Tirpitz ⓘ
result	heavy Allied shipping losses ⓘ major disruption of supplies to Soviet Union ⓘ
route	From Hvalfjörður, Iceland to Arkhangelsk via Arctic Ocean ⓘ
startDate	1942-06-27 ⓘ
strategicImportance	supply route to Soviet Union under Lend-Lease ⓘ
survivingShips	11 merchant ships reached Soviet ports ⓘ
theatre	Arctic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

PQ convoys → notableConvoy → Convoy PQ 17 ⓘ

HMS Somali → notableOperation → Convoy PQ 17 ⓘ

this entity surface form: convoy PQ 17

HMS Bedouin → convoyAtTimeOfLoss → Convoy PQ 17 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arctic convoy PQ 17

Murmansk Run → notableConvoy → Convoy PQ 17 ⓘ

Northern Front of World War II → notableEvent → Convoy PQ 17 ⓘ

this entity surface form: sinking of convoy PQ 17