Convoy QP 11

Convoy QP 11 naval battle
Part of World War II
HMS Edinburgh showing the damage to its stern after the attack by U-456
Date 1/2 May 1942 Location Arctic Ocean Result Indecisive (Edinburgh sunk but most of convoy saved)
Belligerents
Germany	United Kingdom Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs
Strength
3 destroyers 2 U-boats	1 cruiser 6 destroyers 4 minesweeper 1 guard-ship
Casualties and losses
1 destroyer sunk	1 cruiser sunk 3 destroyer damaged 1 Soviet freighter sunk

Convoy QP 11 was an Arctic Convoy of World War II, made up of merchant ships returning from the Soviet Union to Britain after delivering their cargo to the Soviet Union. The convoy consisted of 13 merchant ships, escorted by 18 warships. The convoy was attacked by German destroyers and submarines, suffering the loss of one merchant ship as well as the light cruiser HMS Edinburgh. The German forces lost the destroyer Z7 Hermann Schoemann.