on to 8. June-September 1942, including Defence of PQ18

the convoys from PQ1 to PQ17 . . . .

Links to light cruisers Edinburgh, Trinidad, minesweeper Niger

Crew of HM Trawler Northern Gem after escorting some of the scattered
merchantmen into Matochkin Strait, Novaya Zemlya

from "Coxswain in the Northern Convoys" by S A Kerslake

see also The Wartime Diary of Jack Bowman

the Merchantmen

Opposing Forces, evening of 4th July

Links to minesweepers Britomart,  the story of trawler Northern Gem in PQ.17

 

 

 

Decision to Scatter, 4th July

 

 

the Losses

PQ17 in Summary
(vessels in red were lost)