PQ-13: Things get Rough

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  PQ-13 sailed in March 1942.  Things were rough.  QP-9 was coming back from Russia -- mostly in ballast (but with 10 tons of gold bullion on a cruiser).  Thanks to the Channel Dash and its aftermath in February, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen were all under repair.  Tirpitz, a pocket battleship and Hipper were available and to make things interesting -- they even have fuel (ahistorically).
The ice and weather are bad, but there is some daylight.  Historically, things got off with a bang as the minesweeper, Sharpshooter escorting QP-9, rammed and sank a U-boat.  It was the Uboat's first combat operation while the minesweeper had been ramming things accidently all over the world since Dunkirk were she picked up over 300 men.  She rammed the Uboat deliberately, having rung up full speed (17 knots):
Here's Sharpshooter:

[MengJiao]

  PQ-13 sailed in March 1942.  Things were rough.  QP-9 was coming back from Russia -- mostly in ballast (but with 10 tons of gold bullion on a cruiser).  Thanks to the Channel Dash and its aftermath in February, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen were all under repair.  Tirpitz, a pocket battleship and Hipper were available and to make things interesting -- they even have fuel (ahistorically).
The ice and weather are bad, but there is some daylight.

  Yes, the ice was bad and the Soviets were pretty alert on their end for once.  All that gold made them wake up and pay some attention:

[MengJiao]

  Yes, the ice was bad and the Soviets were pretty alert on their end for once.  All that gold made them wake up and pay some attention:

  Or maybe not that rough.  Visibility was good for a bit, but then closed in and Kenya (under the K) avoided an air attack in the fog.  The Victorious carrier group (under the V) hasn't been spotted.  A pocket battleship got out (using diesel fuel) passed the Royal Navy submarines so that was nice.  Tirpitz (under the T in Trondheim) is doing what she does best and staying home and earning victory points by not burning fuel and not getting blown up too much all at the same time.  The Allies would be losing due to excessive use of cruisers and fuel, but they torpedoed some German DDs and things are probably even at the moment.  If the weather clears, the Luftwaffe may get a shot at a convoy and manage a minor victory if nothing else goes wrong.