"Edinburgh" was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Stuart Bonham Carter, commanding the escort of returning Convoy QP 11: 17 ships which left Murmansk on 28 April 1942. On 30 April, the (under the command of "Kapitänleutnant" Max-Martin Teichert) fired a torpedo into her starboard side, hitting her just forward of the space in which the gold was stored.