Convoy PQ 9/10

Second World War
Part of Arctic Convoys
The Norwegian and the Barents seas, site of the Arctic convoys
Date 1–10 February 1942 Location Arctic Ocean Result British victory
Belligerents
Royal Navy Merchant Navy	Luftwaffe Kriegsmarine
Commanders and leaders
	Hans-Jürgen Stumpff Hermann Böhm
Strength
10 Freighters 10 Escorts (in relays)
Casualties and losses
No losses	No losses

Convoys PQ 9/10 (1–10 February 1942) was an Arctic convoy sent from Britain via Iceland by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The departure of Convoy PQ 9 on 17 January had been delayed after the Admiralty received reports of a sortie by the German battleship Tirpitz.

Delays and other problems affected the ships due to form Convoy PQ 10 and rather than wait for the convoy to assemble, the freighter Trevorian sailed with Convoy PQ 9, which was renamed Convoy PQ 9/10. The convoy comprised three British, four Soviet, one US, one Norwegian and one ship registered in Panama.

The convoy was escorted from Iceland by three trawlers, then the light cruiser HMS Nigeria and the destroyers HMS Faulknor and HMS Intrepid. Close escort was by the Norwegian armed whalers HNoMS Hav and HNoMS Shika. On 7 February two Royal Navy minesweepers joined the convoy, which arrived safely in Murmansk.