Convoy PQ 15
Merchant ships

Name
Flag
Tonnage (GRT)
Notes
Alcoa Cadet (1919)
United States
4,823
Lost in N.Russia after arrival
Alcoa Rambler (1919)
United States
5,500
At Reykjavik 15-26 Apr
Bayou Chico (1920)
United States
5,401
-
Botavon (1912)
United Kingdom
5,848
Torpedoed and sunk later by convoy escort Capt H J Anchor OBE RD RNR (Commodore)
Cape Corso (1929)
United Kingdom
3,807
Sunk by aircraft torpedo
Cape Race (1930)
United Kingdom
3,807
At Reykjavik 15-26 Apr Vice-Commodore
Capira (1920)
Panama
5,625
-
Deer Lodge (1919)
United States
6,187
At Reykjavik 16-26 Apr
Empire Bard (1942)
United Kingdom
3,114
Joined From Reykjavik. Heavy-lift crane ship N Russia
Empire Morn (1941)
United Kingdom
7,092
CAM ship at Reykjavik 16-26 Apr
Expositor (1919)
United States
4,959
Reykjavik 15-26 Apr
Francis Scott Key (1941)
United States
7,191
-
Gray Ranger (1941)
United Kingdom
3,313
Detached, Arrived Lerwick 8 May Replenishment oiler
Hegira (1919)
United States
7,588
-
Jutland (1928)
United Kingdom
6,153
Bombed, Wreck Sunk By U-251
Krassin (1917)
Soviet Union
4,902
Icebreaker on passage
Lancaster (1918)
United States
7,516
-
Montcalm (1904)
United Kingdom
1,432
Icebreaker on passage
Mormacrey (1919)
United States
5,946
-
Mormacrio (1919)
United States
5,940
-
Paul Luckenbach (1913)
United States
6,606
-
Seattle Spirit (1919)
United States
5,627
-
Southgate (1926)
United Kingdom
4,862
At Reykjavik 16-26 Apr
Texas (1919)
United States
5,638
-
Topa Topa (1920)
United States
5,356
-
Zebulon B Vance (1942)
United States
7,177
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Question: How many Convoy PQ 15 ships were sunk?
Answer: Three of PQ 15's ships were sunk: Botavon in 1912, Jutland in 1928, and Cape Corso in 1929.