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Convoy PQ 12 | |||||
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Part of Arctic Convoys of the Second World War | |||||
The Norwegian and the Barents seas, site of the Arctic convoys | |||||
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Convoy PQ 12 was an Arctic convoy sent from Reykjavík in Iceland by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. It sailed 1 March 1942, reaching Murmansk on 12 March 1942 for no losse despite a sortie against it by the Tirpitz.