Convoy PQ 12

Convoy PQ 12
Part of Arctic Convoys of the Second World War

The Norwegian and the Barents seas, site of the Arctic convoys
Date1–12 March 1942
Location
Arctic Ocean
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 Soviet Union		  Germany

Convoy PQ 12 was an Arctic convoy sent from Reykjavík in Iceland by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. It sailed 1 March 1942, reaching Murmansk on 12 March 1942 for no losse despite a sortie against it by the Tirpitz.

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