CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT SS was an American cargo steamer of 7191 tons built in 1942. On the 4th July 1942 when on route from Baltimore & Reykjavik for Archangel in Convoy PQ-17 as a straggler and carrying a cargo of 2,750 tons of military stores she was torpedoed by German submarine U-457 and sunk about 35 miles Ne of Bear Island in the Barents Sea. 3 crew lost from a total of 60.
PQ-17 was the code name for a WWII Arctic Convoy, which in July 1942, suffered a significant defeat when it lost 24 of the 35 merchant ships during a series of heavy German attacks by bombers and submarines.
On 27 June, the ships departed eastbound from Hvalfjord, Iceland for the port of Arkhangelsk, Soviet Union, but was located on 1 July by German forces. The escorting warships were ordered to intercept German raiders and the convoy was ordered to scatter without the protection of the escorting destroyers.
Only 11 ships reached their destination, delivering 70.000 tons of cargo and 24 ships, totalling 142.780 gross tons were lost.
Ships lost in Convoy PQ-17
Alcoa Ranger 5116 GRT Aldersdale 8402 GRT Bolton Castle 5203 GRT Carlton 5127 GRT Christopher Newport 7191 GRT Daniel Morgan 7177GRT Earlston 7195 GRT El Capitan 5255 GRT Empire Byron 6645 GRT Fairfield City 5687 GRT Hartlebury 5082 GRT Honomu 6977 GRT Hoosier 5060 GRT John Witherspoon 7192 GRT Navarino 4871 GRT Olopana 6069 GRT Pan Atlantic 5411 GRT Pan Kraft 5570 GRT Paulus Potter 7178 GRT Peter Kerr 6601 GRT River Afton 5479 GRT Washington 5564 GRT William Hooper 7177 GRT Zaafaran 1564 GRT
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