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27th of June 1942
On the night of the 27th June convoy PQ17 leaves Iceland bound for archangel. On-board is 500,000 tonnes of vital war supplies for the Soviets. The only escorts are four cruisers and three destroyers.
When the kreigsmarine learns of the convoy they initialize operation Knights move. It's aim the total destruction of PQ17. They move the heavy cruisers lutzow and Admiral Sheer with five destroyers north to join the battleship Tirpitz and the cruiser admiral Hipper.
The Royal Navy has a covering force of the battleship HMS Duke of York and the Aircraft carriers HMS implacable and HMS Victorious, two cruisers and ten destroyers. The home fleet commander Admiral John Tovey plans to use the convoy as bait for the kreigsmarine.