CONTENTS
- Background: Convoy PQ.17
- Biography: Jack Bowman
- HMS La Malouine ~ K46
- Galleries:
- PQ17: Merchant Ships
- PQ17: Close Escort
PQ17 Diary
Merchant Flags
of Convoy PQ17 participants.
Gallery | Merchant Ships
Readers will see that there are several images missing. If anyone is able to fill in the gaps please contact me and help complete the record.
Alcoa Ranger | Alcoa Steamship Co. | US | Sunk 7th July 1942 by U-255
RFA Aldersdale | UK | Sunk 5th July 1942 by U-457 - image shows RFA Bishopsdale, sistership of the Aldersdale.
Azerbaijan | USSR | Survived PQ17 | Azerbaijan is the ship immediately beyond the destroyer HMS Icarus | source: FESCO
Bellingham | US | Survived PQ17.
Benjamin Harrison | US | Survived PQ17 - Benjamin Harrison was a Liberty Ship
Bolton Castle | UK | Sunk by Luftwaffe 5th July 1942.
Carlton | US | Lykes Bros SS Co Inc | Pre-war and as seen when sunk on 5th July 1942 by U-88.
Christopher Newport | US | Calmar SS Co Inc | Hit on 4th July 1942 by He-115 of the Luftwaffe and finished off by U-457.
Daniel Morgan | US | American-South African Line Inc |Sunk 5th July 1942 by U-88.
Donbass | USSR | Survived PQ17 | source: FESCO
Earlston | UK | R. Chapman & Son | Sunk 5th July 1942 by U-334.
El Capitan | Panama | Sunk 10 July 1942 by U-251.
Empire Byron | UK | J & C Harrison | Sunk 5th July 1942 by U-703.
Empire Tide | UK | Survived PQ17 | Imperial War Museum image A10115.
Fairfield City | US | Isthmian Lines | Sunk 5th July 1942 by Ju-88 of the Luftwaffe.
Hartlebury | UK | J. & C. Harrison Ltd | Sunk 7th July by U-355.
Honomu | US | Matson Navigation Co. | Sunk on 5th July 1942 by U-456.
Hoosier | US | Hoosier Marine Corp. | Underway, pre-war and as seen through the periscope when torpedoed by U-376 on 10th July 1942.
Ironclad | US | Survived PQ17.
John Witherspoon | US | Seas Shipping Co Inc | Sunk 6th July 1942 by U-255. John Witherspoon was a liberty ship; this image, of the Joseph Henry, is representative of the class.
Navarino | UK | Sunk 4th July 1942 by an He-111 of the Luftwaffe.
Ocean Freedom | UK | Survived PQ17. The image shows a sister ship of Ocean Freedom; the Ocean Valour.
Olapana | US | Sunk 8th July 1942 by U-255.
Pan Atlantic | US | Sunk 6th July 1942 by the Luftwaffe.
Pankraft | US | Sunk 7th July by the Luftwaffe.
Paulus Potter | Netherlands | Erhardt & Dekkers | Sunk 13yh July 1942 by U-255.
Peter Kerr | US | Sunk 5th July 1942 by the Luftwaffe.
Rathlin | UK | Clyde Shipping Co | Survived PQ17.
River Afton | UK | Sunk 5th July 1942 by U-703.
USS Samuel Chase | US | Survived PQ17.
Silver Sword | US | Survived PQ17.
Troubadour | Norway | Survived PQ17.
Washington | US | Sunk 5th July 1942 by the Luftwaffe.
William Hooper | US | American-South African Line Inc| Sunk 4th July 1942 by U-334. William Hooper was a liberty ship; this image, of the Joseph Henry, is representative of the class.
Winston-Salem | US | Survived PQ17.
Zaafaran & Zamalek | UK | General Steam Navigation Co.| Rescue ships operated by the Merchant Navy. Image shows Zamalek, which survived PQ17, her sistership, Zaafaran, was sunk on 5th July 1942 by the Luftwaffe.
These images have been gleaned from many sources on the internet over the years. Particular thanks must go to armed-guard.com from where many of these pictures were sourced.