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PQ-13 was a British Arctic convoy that delivered war supplies from the Western Allies to the USSR during World War II. The convoy was subject to attack by German air, U-boat and surface forces and suffered the loss of five ships, plus one escort vessel. Fifteen ships arrived safely. ==Ships== PQ 13 comprised 19 merchant ships; seven British, four American, one Polish, four of Panamanian and one of Honduran registry. It was commanded by Commodore D.A. Casey in ''River Afton''. The convoy was escorted for the first stage of its voyage, from Scotland to Iceland, by a Local Escort Group, of two destroyers and an ASW Trawler. For the second stage, from Iceland to the Soviet Union, the Ocean escort was two destroyers, and two trawlers, augmented by three whalers being transferred to the Soviet Navy. The Ocean escort was commanded by Capt. LS Saunders, in the cruiser ''Trinidad''. In support of the convoy escort, and guarding against a sortie by the German battleship ''Tirpitz'', was a Heavy Cover Force, comprising the battleships ''Duke of York'' (V. Adm. ATB Curteis commanding), ''King George V'', the battlecruiser ''Renown'', the aircraft carrier , two cruisers, ''Kent'' and ''Edinburgh'', and sixteen destroyers. (''Ashanti'', ''Bedouin'', ''Echo'', ''Escapade'', ''Eskimo'', ''Faulknor'', ''Foresight'', ''Icarus'', ''Inglefield'', ''Ledbury'', ''Marne'', ''Middleton'', ''Onslow'', ''Punjabi'', ''Tartar'' and ''Wheatland'') This force was intended to accompany PQ 13 at a distance until it was past Bear Island. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Convoy PQ 13」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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