Convoy QP 15

Convoy QP.15
Part of Second World War
The Norwegian and the Barents seas, site of the Arctic convoys
Date 17–30 November 1942 Location Arctic Ocean Result German tactical victory
Belligerents
Germany	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Karl Dönitz	Convoy commodore: W. C. Meek
Strength
gruppe Boreas (10 U-boat)	31 merchant ships 30 escorts (in relays)
Casualties and losses
	2 ships sunk 1 escort foundered in storm

Convoy QP 15 was one of the Arctic convoys of World War II the last of the QP series from northern Russia to Britain which ran during the Second World War to return Allied ships to home ports. The convoy sailed from the Kola Inlet on 17 November 1942. It was scattered by a storm in which the Soviet destroyer Sokrushitelny was hit from behind by a big wave and foundered after two days' rescue attempts. The convoy was attacked by U-boats of the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) that sank two of the merchant ships. The convoy reached its destination at Loch Ewe on 30 November 1942.