| Convoy QP.14 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of World War II | |||||
| |||||
| Belligerents | |||||
 Germany |
 United Kingdom | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Admiral Karl Dönitz | Capt J C K Dowding CBE DSO Rd RNR (Commodore) | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 7 U-boats |
17 merchant ships 65 escorts | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 6 ships sunk | |||||
QP.14 was an Arctic convoy of the QP series which ran during World War II from Archangel to Loch Ewe
Escorts[]
The convoy was protected by the following,
- HMS Anson and HMS Duke of York
- HMS Avenger
- HMS Cumberland, HMS London, HMS Norfolk, HMS Suffolk
- 3 Cruisers
- HMS Jamaica, HMS Scylla, HMS Sheffield
- HMS Dianella, HMS La Malouine, HMS Lotus, HMS Poppy
- 33 Destroyers
- HMS Amazon, HMS Ashanti, HMS Blankney, HMS Bramble, HMS Bramham, HMS Bulldog, HMS Cowdray, HMS Echo, HMS Eclipse, HMS Eskimo, HMS Faulknor, HMS Fury, HMS Impulsive, HMS Intrepid, HMS Keppel, HMS Mackay, HMS Marne, HMS Meteor, HMS Middleton, HMS Milne, HMS Montrose, HMS Oakley, HMS Offa, HMS Onslaught, HMS Onslow, HMS Opportune, HMS Somali, HMS Tartar, HMS Venomous, HMS Wheatland, HMS Wilton, HMS Windsor, HMS Worcester
- HMS Britomart, HMS Halcyon, HMS Hazard, HMS Leda, HMS Salamander, HMS Seagull
- HMS Ayrshire, HMS Lord Austin, HMT Lord Middleton and HMT Northern Gem
- 2 Submarines
- HMS P614 and HMS P615
- 2 Anti-aircraft ships
- HMS Alynbank, HMS Palomares, then HMS Pozarica introduced to replace Alynbank
- RFA Black Ranger, RFA Grey Ranger and RFA Oligarch
- 2 Convoy Rescue Ships
- Rathlin and Zamalek
U-boats[]
The convoy was attacked by 7 u-boats, namely;
- U-251 - Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Timm[1]
- U-255 – Kapitänleutnant Reinhart Reche[2]
- U-403 - Kapitänleutnant Heinz-Ehlert Clausen[3]
- U-408 - Kapitänleutnant Reinhard von Hymmen[4]
- U-435 - Kapitänleutnant Siegfried Strelow[5]
- U-592 - Kapitänleutnant Carl Borm[6]
- U-703 - Kapitänleutnant Heinz Bielfeld[7]
Ships in the convoy[8][]
| Name | Flag | Tonnage (GRT) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa Banner (1919) |  United States
|
5,035 | |
| HMS Alynbank |  Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep. Anti-aircraft ship | |
| HMS Amazon (D39) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 15 Sep - 22 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Anson (79) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 19 Sep - 22 Sep. Battleship | |
| HMS Ashanti (F51) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 21 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Avenger (D14) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 20 Sep. Escort aircraft carrier | |
| HMS Ayrshire (FY225) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 25 Sep. ASW trawler | |
| Bellingham (1920) | United States
|
5,345 | Sunk by U-435[9] on 22 Sep W of Jan Mayen Island. No dead. Survivors picked up by Rathlin |
| Benjamin Harrison (1942) | United States
|
2,191 | |
| RFA Black Ranger (A163) |  Royal Fleet Auxiliary
|
3,417 | Escort Oiler |
| HMS Blankney (L30) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Bramble (J11) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Bramham (L51) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 23 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Britomart (J22) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep. Minesweeper | |
| HMS Bulldog (H91) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 14 Sep - 22 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Cowdray (L52) | Royal Navy
|
Escort - 20 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Cumberland (57) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 14 Sep - 22 Sep. Heavy cruiser | |
| Deer Lodge (1919) | United States
|
6,187 | |
| HMS Dianella (K07) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 26 Sep. Corvette | |
| HMS Duke of York (17) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 19 Sep - 22 Sep. Battleship | |
| HMS Echo (H23) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 14 Sep - 22 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Eclipse (H08) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 14 Sep - 22 Sep. Destroyer | |
| Empire Tide (1941) |  United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
6,978 | CAM ship. 23 Passengers |
| HMS Eskimo (F75) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 21 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Faulknor (H62) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Fury (H76) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 20 Sep. Destroyer | |
| RFA Grey Ranger (1941) | Royal Fleet Auxiliary
|
3,313 | Replenishment oiler. Sunk by U-435[10] on 22 Sep W of Jan Mayen Island. 6 dead. Survivors picked up by Rathlin |
| HMS Halcyon (J42) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep. Minesweeper | |
| Harmatris (1932) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
5,395 | |
| HMS Hazard | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep. Minesweeper | |
| HMS Impulsive (D11) | Royal Navy
|
Escort - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Intrepid (D10) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 21 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Jamaica (44) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 19 Sep - 22 Sep. Cruiser | |
| HMS Keppel (D84) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 19 Sep - 22 Sep. Destroyer leader | |
| HMS La Malouine (K46) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 26 Sep. Corvette | |
| HMS Leda (J93) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 20 Sep. Minesweeper. Sunk by U-435[11] on 20 Sep SW of Spitzbergen. Survivors picked up by Rathlin and Zamalek. Cdr A H Wynne-Edwards RN | |
| HMS London (69) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 14 Sep - 22 Sep. Heavy cruiser | |
| HMS Lord Austin (FY220) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 25 Sep. ASW trawler | |
| HMT Lord Middleton (FY219) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 25 Sep. ASW trawler | |
| HMS Lotus (K130) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 26 Sep. Corvette | |
| HMS Mackay | Royal Navy
|
Escort 19 Sep - 22 Sep. Destroyer leader | |
| HMS Marne (G35) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Meteor (G73) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Middleton (L74) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Milne (G14) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 22 Sep. Destroyer | |
| Minotaur (1918) | United States
|
4,554 | |
| HMS Montrose (D01) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 19 Sep - 22 Sep. WW1-era destroyer | |
| HMS Norfolk (78) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 14 Sep - 22 Sep. Heavy cruiser | |
| HMT Northern Gem (FY194) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 25 Sep. ASW trawler | |
| HMS Oakley (L98) | Royal Navy
|
Escort - 20 Sep. Destroyer | |
| Ocean Freedom (1942) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
7,173 | 8 Passengers. Ship's Master is vice-commodore |
| Ocean Voice (1941) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
7,174 | 5 Naval staff officers. 25 Soviet passengers. Sunk by U-435[12] on 22 Sep. No dead. Survivors picked up by both HMS Seagull (J85), and landed at Scapa Flow, and Zamalek, and landed at Glasgow. Capt J C K Dowding CBE DSO Rd RNR (Commodore) |
| HMS Offa (G29) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| RFA Oligarch (1918) | Royal Fleet Auxiliary
|
6,894 | Replenishment oiler |
| HMS Onslaught (G04) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Onslow (G17) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Opportune (G80) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 21 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS P614 | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 21 Sep. Submarine | |
| HMS P615 | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 21 Sep. Submarine | |
| HMS Palomares | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 26 Sep. Anti-aircraft artillery ship | |
| HMS Poppy (K213) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 26 Sep. Corvette | |
| HMS Pozarica | Royal Navy
|
Escort 23 Sep - 26 Sep. Anti-aircraft ship | |
| Rathlin (1936) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
1,600 | Rescue ship. Routed via Seidisfjord 23 Sep for stores |
| HMS Salamander (J86) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep. Minesweeper | |
| Samuel Chase (1942) | United States
|
7,191 | |
| HMS Scylla (98) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 20 Sep. Cruiser | |
| HMS Seagull (J85) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 13 Sep - 25 Sep. Minesweeper | |
| HMS Sheffield (C24) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 14 Sep - 22 Sep. Cruiser | |
| Silver Sword (1919) | United States
|
4,937 | Sunk by U-255[13] on 20 Sep. 1 dead. Survivors picked up by Rathlin and Zamalek and landed at Glasgow. |
| HMS Somali (F33) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 20 Sep. Destroyer. Torpedoed by U-703[14] on 20 Sep. Crippled, the majority of the crew were rescued by HMS Lord Middleton (FY219), leaving a skeleton crew aboard. HMS Ashanti (G51) took the vessel in tow, but the line parted, she folded in half, capsized and sank. Only 35 of the skeleton crew survived. | |
| HMS Suffolk (55) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 14 Sep - 22 Sep. Heavy cruiser | |
| HMS Tartar (F43) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| Tobruk (1942) |  Poland
|
7,048 | |
| Troubador (1920) |  Panama
|
6,428 | |
| HMS Venomous (D75) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 14 Sep - 22 Sep. Destroyer | |
| West Nilus (1920) | United States
|
5,495 | |
| HMS Wheatland | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 20 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Wilton (L128) | Royal Navy
|
Escort 17 Sep - 20 Sep. Destroyer | |
| HMS Windsor (D42) | Royal Navy
|
Escort - 20 Sep. WW1-era destroyer | |
| Winston-Salem (1920) | United States
|
6,223 | Position Unknown, Lloyd's Confirm Slg |
| HMS Worcester (D96) | Royal Navy
|
Escort - 25 Sep. Destroyer | |
| Zamalek (1921) | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
1,567 | Rescue Ship, 61 Survivors, 4 Passengers |
References[]
- ↑ "Heinrich Timm". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/men/timm.htm. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Reinhart Reche". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/men/reche.htm. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Heinz-Ehlert Clausen". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/167.html. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Reinhard von Hymmen". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/531.html. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Siegfried Strelow". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/men/strelow.htm. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Carl Borm". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/111.html. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Heinz Bielfeld". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/men/commanders/81.html. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Convoy QP.14". Arnold Hague Convoy Database. http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/QP/index.html. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Bellingham - American steam merchant". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2195.html. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Grey Ranger - British fleet oiler". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2194.html. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "HMS Leda (J93) - British fleet minesweeper". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2188.html. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Ocean Voice - British steam merchant". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2196.html. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "Silver Sword - American steam merchant". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2191.html. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
- ↑ "HMS Somali (F33) - British Destroyer". www.uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2189.html. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
Bibliography[]
- Hague, Arnold (2000). The Allied Convoy System 1939-1945. ISBN 1-86176-147-3.
External links[]
The original article can be found at Convoy QP 14 and the edit history here.