Convoy PQ 15

Convoy PQ 15
Part of Arctic Convoys of the Second World War

HMS Punjabi, sunk after a collision
Date26 April – 5 May 1942
Location
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom
 United States
 Soviet Union
 Germany

Convoy PQ 15 was an Arctic convoy sent from Iceland by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The convoy sailed in late April 1942, reaching the Soviet northern ports after air attacks that sank three ships out of twenty-five.