Convoy QP-2

QP-2 - Arctic convoy of the Second World War .

The small ocean low-speed special convoy, which left Arkhangelsk on November 3, 1941. Arrived in Kirkwall on November 17, 1941.

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Merchant ships, tonnage from 2500 to 7400, (tonnage / year of launching):

English cargo ships:
- Atlantic , (5414/1939) (Commander of the group of merchant ships)
- Blairnevis (4155 / 02.1930)
- Gemstone (4986/1938)
- Harmonic (4558/1930)
- Lorca (4875/1931)
- River Afton (5479/1935)
Panamanian cargo ships:
- Capira (5565/1920)
- North King (4934/1903) (First Deputy Commander of the group of merchant ships)
Belgian freighter:
- Ville D'Anvers (7462/1920)
Soviet cargo ships:
- Chernyshevsky (3,588 / 1919)
- Izhora (2,815 / 1921)
- Stepan Khalturin (2,498 / 1921)

Cruisers and destroyers:
- HMS Eclipse (H08) - the destroyer. Laid: March 22, 1933. As part of the escort from November 3 until November 17, 1941.
- HMS Icarus (D03) - the destroyer. Laid: March 9, 1936. As part of the escort from November 3 until November 17, 1941.
- HMS Norfolk (78) - County type heavy cruiser . As part of the escort from November 3 until November 11, 1941.
Minesweepers:
- HMS Bramble (J11) - minesweeper. Launched in 1938. As part of the escort from November 3 until November 5, 1941.
- HMS Leda (J93) - minesweeper. Launched in 1937. As part of the escort from November 3 until November 5, 1941.
- HMS Seagull (J85) - minesweeper, laid: February 15, 1937. As part of the escort from November 3 until November 5, 1941.
- HMS Windermere (FY 207) - As an escort from November 11 to November 13, 1941.
Corvettes
- HMT Celia (T134) - Shakespeare-class corvette ^[1] . As part of the escort from November 11 until November 13, 1941.