Surviving The Arctic Convoys by John R McKay book the crews of the warships

the crews of the warships and merchantmen

395 ton coal fired ship

snow and ice-encrusted superstructures and today the classic white berets of the surviving veterans

put aside your beer-lever

Surviving The Arctic Convoys by John R McKay book the crews of the warshipsLeading Seaman Charlie Erswell saw much more than his fair share of action during the Second World War. He was present at the 1942 landing in North Africa (Operation TORCH), D Day and the liberation of Norway. But his main area of operations was that of the Arctic Convoys, escorting merchant ships taking essential war supplies to the Russian ports of Murmansk and Archangel. In addition to contending with relentless U boat and Luftwaffe attacks, crews