TASS/. The Northern Fleet's Hydrographic Service during the Remember War expedition in autumn will be searching for vessels of Convoy PQ-17, which was crossing the Arctic in World War II ...

The height of their power came in 1942, when a coordinated attack on convoy PQ-17 resulted in the loss of 24 out of 35 cargo ships bound for the Soviet Union. Also read The 8 Worst Popes in ...

"PQ-17 was the code name for an Allied Second World War convoy in the Arctic Ocean. In July 1942, the Arctic convoys suffered a significant defeat when Convoy PQ-17 lost 24 of its 35 merchant ...