Ships
This Convoy consisted of 11 merchant ships loaded with raw materials, 20 tanks and 193 crated Hawker Hurricane fighter planes. Escorted ships convoy PQ-1 (29.09.1941 - 11.10.1941) — cruiser HMS Suffolk, destroyers HMS Antelope and HMS Anthony, 4 minesweepers — HMS Britomart, HMS Gossamer, HMS Leda, HMS Hussar . Escorted ships convoy PQ-1 initially (29.09.1941 - 4.10.1941) — destroyer HMS Anthony, RFA Black Ranger . Escorted ships convoy PQ-1 at later stage (2.10.1941 - 11.10.1941) — destroyer HMS Escapade . Escorted ships convoy PQ-1 in the coastal waters of the USSR (10 - 11.10.1941) — minesweeper HMS Harrier, destroyers Uritski, Valerian Kuybyshev . All ships arrived safely.
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