"Worst travel in the world": Britain honored the memory of the first Arctic convoy in the USSR

The nearly 3000 sailors who sacrificed their lives to deliver vital aid to the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1945 are commemorated at St. Nicholas Parish Church in Liverpool.

They passed through the Nazi sea and air barriers and faced dire weather conditions - snow, ice, freezing temperatures, weeks of incessant darkness - and faint hope of rescue if they found themselves in the water - to reach the ports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk

- indicated on the official website of the Royal fleet.

The mission, which began on 12 August 1941 with the first Operation Dervish convoy sailing from Mersey, was dubbed by Winston Churchill "the worst voyage in the world."

The ceremony, among other high-ranking officials, was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Defense, Foreign Affairs, military representatives of Russia, the United States and Canada - the ships and personnel of the last two countries took part in the convoys.

We honor everyone who served, we pay tribute to their heroism and self-sacrifice. They played an important role in the overall stories between Great Britain and Russia - and in the final victory of the Allies

- said one of the ministers.

As noted, the well-guarded first convoy reached the north of the USSR without incident, as it caught the Germans by surprise and they made no attempt to attack it. But many of the subsequent 77 convoys were attacked and came within reach of German submarines and bombers based in occupied Norway.

16 warships from the British Navy were lost, and 85 of the 1400 merchant ships that took part in the Arctic campaigns were sunk, which is 17 times higher than in the Atlantic campaign. More than 800 merchant sailors were killed.

Their sacrifice was not in vain. For 4 years, they delivered 4 million tons of cargo to the Soviet military - about a quarter of all assistance that was provided to the USSR in the period from 1941 to 1945. 7000 aircraft and 5000 tanks, as well as trucks, cars, fuel, medicines, metals and other raw materials helped the Soviet Union defeat the Germans on the Eastern Front

- indicated on the website of the Royal Navy.

Comments

[Ruslan Sulima]

Eh, at least the sailors remember ... And the politicians do nothing but play off their former allies ...

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: Ruslan Sulima

Eh, at least the sailors remember

The voyages were difficult. The Germans fiercely attacked the convoys, especially at the beginning of the war. Death breathed in the back of the head. But the sailors courageously performed their duty. Eternal memory to the fallen.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Ruslan Sulima

Eh, at least the sailors remember ..

This is never forgotten, sailors have their own memory, regardless of government, religion and nationality. In the sea we have one God, and the first after God.

[Ruslan Sulima]

In the sea we have one God, and the first after God.

I agree with this, but it does not interfere with chopping when they bleed.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Ruslan Sulima

I agree with this, but it does not interfere with chopping when they bleed.

We have never fought or fought, we are a navy, but not a military one, we have a different life and other tasks.

[Niko]

Quote: Ruslan Sulima

Eh, at least the sailors remember ... And the politicians do nothing but play off their former allies ...

You don't have to go far, and politicians are not needed, here on VO it is considered good form to throw mud at former allies

[Kayala]

There are no complaints about ordinary sailors, but there are a lot of complaints about their governments. Or are you not aware that the "allies" were already preparing an attack on the USSR in 1945? And who said that we would help both the Soviets and the Germans and let them kill each other as much as possible? And who helped the Nazis, albeit indirectly?
If you are willing to forget and forgive ... then I personally am not. More than one life of the Soviet people could have been saved if the second front had been opened in 42, and not in 44.
I repeat, there are no complaints about ordinary soldiers and sailors, but about the governments of the "allies" are innumerable.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Kayala

There are no complaints about ordinary sailors, but there are a lot of complaints about their governments.

Merchant Marine, this is not the government. We have no government, we have the "first after God" - the captain.

[SovAr238A]

Quote: Kayala

There are no complaints about ordinary sailors, but there are a lot of complaints about their governments. Or are you not aware that the "allies" were already preparing an attack on the USSR in 1945? And who said that we would help both the Soviets and the Germans and let them kill each other as much as possible? And who helped the Nazis, albeit indirectly?
If you are willing to forget and forgive ... then I personally am not. More than one life of the Soviet people could have been saved if the second front had been opened in 42, and not in 44.
I repeat, there are no complaints about ordinary soldiers and sailors, but about the governments of the "allies" are innumerable.

Who really knows why the second front was opened in 44, and not in 42 ...
In 42, the economy might not have pulled out the required amount of weapons ...
For the same Americans in 42 were firmly stuck in Southeast Asia, and the Japanese regularly hammered them there so that the feathers flew ..

And who came up with the plan with tank wedges to the English Channel?
Maybe we reasoned in exactly the same categories as they did?
Just as they had plans to destroy the Soviet Union, so we had plans to destroy Europe.
They just declassify them, but we do not.
Or do you think that our country is as peaceful as a dove?
If she were a dove, she would have been unclothed in the 50s.
For there were 3 atomic bombs, and they did not play a role.
And they didn’t uncover just because we had plans to dump all of Europe into the Atlantic and forces to carry out these plans.
Even taking into account the use of nuclear weapons by the enemy.
So no need to nod at the Americans.
At that time, we were more than toothy and we had no less plans to capture Europe.

[Potomac]

I agree. But the Americans also asked to open a 2 front against Japan, but this was done only at 45. And the states in Europe landed at 43 in Italy. So, here the claims are mutual.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Niko

You don't have to go far, and politicians are not needed, here on VO it is considered good form to throw mud at former allies

You can't throw dirt on a good one, no matter how much you pour it.

[Krasnoyarsk]

Quote: Niko

You don't have to go far, and politicians are not needed, here on VO it is considered good form to throw mud at former allies

What does it mean to pour mud on? Our gratitude is commensurate with the help provided.
I recommend reading the correspondence between Stalin and Churchill and Stalin and Roosevelt. and your veneration for your allies will diminish somewhat.

[Zhan]

Quote: Niko

Quote: Ruslan Sulima

Eh, at least the sailors remember ... And the politicians do nothing but play off their former allies ...

You don't have to go far, and politicians are not needed, here on VO it is considered good form to throw mud at former allies

You are deeply mistaken. Once the British supplied us with their Harikein fighters and sent their specialists to train combat pilots. When the training period ended, our government paid the English pilots a very large sum in the form of remuneration for the work done. But the English pilots and instructors refused this money and with what words: "It is beneath the dignity of an English gentleman to take money for helping an ally."
There are people everywhere.

[Niko]

Quote: Zhan

Quote: Niko

Quote: Ruslan Sulima

Eh, at least the sailors remember ... And the politicians do nothing but play off their former allies ...

You don't have to go far, and politicians are not needed, here on VO it is considered good form to throw mud at former allies

You are deeply mistaken. Once the British supplied us with their Harikein fighters and sent their specialists to train combat pilots. When the training period ended, our government paid the English pilots a very large sum in the form of remuneration for the work done. But the English pilots and instructors refused this money and with what words: "It is beneath the dignity of an English gentleman to take money for helping an ally."
There are people everywhere.

I totally agree. But I meant something else, just read the comments on this site about ANY news related to our ALLIES in WW2. I am ashamed to read the comments of people with general-Iarshal stars. Comments are softer against the Nazis

[Zhan]

Quote: Niko

Quote: Zhan

Quote: Niko

Quote: Ruslan Sulima

Eh, at least the sailors remember ... And the politicians do nothing but play off their former allies ...

You don't have to go far, and politicians are not needed, here on VO it is considered good form to throw mud at former allies

You are deeply mistaken. Once the British supplied us with their Harikein fighters and sent their specialists to train combat pilots. When the training period ended, our government paid the English pilots a very large sum in the form of remuneration for the work done. But the English pilots and instructors refused this money and with what words: "It is beneath the dignity of an English gentleman to take money for helping an ally."
There are people everywhere.

I totally agree. But I meant something else, just read the comments on this site about ANY news related to our ALLIES in WW2. I am ashamed to read the comments of people with general-Iarshal stars. Comments are softer against the Nazis

I have already read so much and have heard enough delirium and non-objectivity in this life, nothing surprises me anymore. Ordinary people with morality, principles, and respectable people are made outcasts. Worthy people are humiliated and dishonored as they can. It seems like we live at the end of time.
Sorry for the excessive maximalism. I was brought up in a normal family. With a good education, given to me under the Soviet Union and what I see now, for me it is wildness.

[Niko]

About the end times - very similar to 2 Timothy 3: 1-5

[Murmur 55]

The 17th convoy was merged by the British themselves, and the lion's share of the losses fell on him, ordinary people who have gone through all the horrors of the ice hell always remember and respect each other, these are descendants and politicians who consider us enemies and subhumans.

[knn54]

The tragedy of the PO-17 caravan is our COMMON pain.
Until now, I cannot understand one moment when large assembly units of cannon-carriages, barrels were loaded separately into the ships ..
the loss of one ship devalued the contents of the other.
Eternal memory to the dead.

[Terenin]

Quote: knn54

The tragedy of the PO-17 caravan is our COMMON pain.
Until now, I cannot understand one moment when large assembly units of cannon-carriages, barrels were loaded separately into the ships ..
the loss of one ship devalued the contents of the other.
Eternal memory to the dead.

Convoys going to the Soviet Union were given the letter designation PQ, the first in the documents was called PQ-0.
This designation arose quite by accident and was the initials of Peter Quelyn, a British officer who was in charge of the planning of convoy operations to the Soviet Union at that time in the operational management of the Admiralty.
Return convoys were designated QP.
From December 1942, the convoys were designated YW and RA, respectively, and the serial number, starting with the conditional number - 51.

[anjey]

Indeed, PQ17 became a hostage and then a victim of the dirty and two-faced policy of the Anglo-Saxons, for this they did not become an obstacle to their ships and sailors ... Everything happened as a coincidence, directly on the eve of the German offensive on Stalingrad in 1942.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: anjey

Everything happened, as a coincidence, directly on the eve of the German offensive on Stalingrad in 1942.

The British establishment supported Hitler from his coming to power in 1933, and until May 9, 1945, he supported him, and after the war, remember Churchill's Fulton speech. On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered the Fulton Speech at Westminster College in the United States, announcing that the Iron Curtain had descended on the world.
Churchill's Fulton speech is considered the beginning of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. That is, it was considered anti-Soviet.
Everything went according to the British scheme.

[anjey]

If you read the correspondence between Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt, you can see a clear pattern - the more difficult the situation on the fronts of the USSR, the sweeter the praises and praises of our partners in honor of the Red Army, as soon as we can trace successes and victories, the praises immediately stop and the political burden begins. delaying the second front and Lend-Lease supplies.

[sidoroff]

and as a coincidence "battle for
Atlantic "and the hardest
battles in the Mediterranean.
naglo-Saxons do not have a fleet
endless.

[Terenin]

Quote: Murmur 55

The 17th convoy was merged by the British themselves, and the lion's share of the losses fell on him, ordinary people who have gone through all the horrors of the ice hell always remember and respect each other, these are descendants and politicians who consider us enemies and subhumans.

After the disaster with the PQ-17 convoy, the British government refused to send convoys to the Soviet Union. Only under pressure from the Soviet government in early September convoy PQ-18 left Iceland for the Soviet Union. It consisted of 40 ships. The convoy was supported by more than 50 escort ships.
For the first time, a convoy aircraft carrier with 15 aircraft on board was included in the escort, which caused significant damage to the enemy during a raid by enemy aircraft.
The conditions for the passage of the convoy PQ-18 were in many respects similar to the previous one, but this time the escort ships and all the support forces of the allies took up the battle. The convoy was attacked by 17 submarines and over 330 aircraft.
In total, from the PQ-18 convoy, German aviation managed to sink 10 transports, submarines - 3 transports. Only 1 transport was sunk in the Northern Fleet zone. The German fleet and aviation received a proper rebuff - 4 boats were sunk and 41 aircraft were shot down.

[SERGE ANT]

Thank you ... We remember ...

[volodimer]

I wanted to write about my grandfather's participation, but I realized that it was stupid. Simply, Thank THEM ALL!
And Thanks to those who remember that in that war We were Together. Thanks to those who honor this memory.

[Ryaruav]

eternal memory to all sailors of the icy seas who helped the fight against Nazism

[Dmitry Potapov]

Taking off my hat! Thanks for the help!

[Andrea]

All this is true, but there is one "but", it is the convoy PQ-17, abandoned by the British. Either in pursuit of "Tirpitz", or out of fear of him.
All valor is crossed out by one meanness.
The convoy was almost completely killed, only a few got there!

[Terenin]

Quote: Andrea

All this is true, but there is one "but", it is the convoy PQ-17, abandoned by the British. Either in pursuit of "Tirpitz", or out of fear of him.
All valor is crossed out by one meanness.
The convoy was almost completely killed, only a few got there!

The meanness was not alone, and not only from the British. It could well have turned out that the German submarine that torpedoed the American Liberty in the convoy was fueled with American oil.

P.S. Separately, I bow my head before all the sailors of the heroic convoys, as well as all those who provided the escort of the convoys.

[Ruslan Sulima]

What the conversation is about. Take the same Defender now, I doubt that if there was no political decision, they would have flooded. They would disperse with ours, salute each other. It's crappy that the sailors have to answer for the games of politicians.

[citizen]

Out of 35 transports, 11 reached Arkhangelsk. What is mean? The mistake of the British that led to the death of the British (and Americans)?

[Andrea]

This is not a mistake, it is, at best, a mindless action to remove the guard.
But since Churchill can hardly be called brainless, this is meanness.
Yes, they drowned both the British and the Americans, the Russians, as I understand it, do not count, so ... consumables, and weapons paid for with Soviet gold.

[citizen]

What Churchill has to do with it is not very clear. And what kind of Kiev cauldron is this brainless action or meanness? Kharkov catastrophe which just then broke out what is it?

Quote: Andrea

Yes, they drowned both the British and the Americans, the Russians, as I understand it, do not count, so ... consumables,

What the hell is this? Not a single Soviet ship was sunk. I have not heard that at least one Soviet sailor or citizen died on this convoy.

Quote: Andrea

and weapons paid for with Soviet gold.

Oh, don't worry. Weapons from Britain and the United States were supplied completely free of charge.

[Petrik66]

Russians will always remember those who helped us in the most critical years of the war. The British were the first, saving themselves, they helped us, Eternal memory to the British, Scots, Irish, Welsh, who died bringing us help. And eternal memory to Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, may he forgive me for my spelling. He did a lot for our country in its critical years 41 and 42.

[Terenin]

Quote: Petrik66

Russians will always remember those who helped us in the most critical years of the war. The British were the first, saving themselves, they helped us, Eternal memory to the British, Scots, Irish, Welsh, who died bringing us help. And eternal memory to Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, may he forgive me for my spelling. He did a lot for our country in its critical years 41 and 42.

Yes, convoy escorts have preserved many examples of mutual assistance and mutual assistance of British and Soviet sailors and pilots. A number of them were awarded orders of the USSR and Great Britain. Allied Arctic convoys became one of the brightest examples of combat interaction of allied fleets in World War II.
Thus, the heroic feat was performed by the crew of the Soviet timber carrier "Old Bolshevik", which was part of the PQ-16 convoy. The ship, loaded with military equipment, ammunition and gasoline, was attacked and set on fire by fascist aircraft. Soviet sailors rejected the offer of the British command to switch to other transports. The convoy left, leaving the burning timber truck behind. For eight hours, the crew of the ship that had lost its course fought off attacks from enemy aircraft, fought with water, fire and emerged victorious. Having eliminated the damage, the Soviet sailors delivered the cargo necessary for the front to Murmansk. For their courage, many crew members were awarded orders and medals, and the captain of the ship I.I. Afanasyev and steering B.I. Akazenok were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

[Flooding]

Quote: Petrik66

He did a lot for our country in its critical years 41 and 42.

most likely all the same for their country.
it is difficult to suspect Winston Churchill of warm feelings for the USSR.

[Ros 56]

Yes, Churchill did, especially if you remember his plan "Unthinkable". First of all, he saved his old skin, because he knew Hitler would hang him if he got there.
And a deep bow to all people who took our misfortune to heart and sometimes, sacrificing their lives, helped us.

[Konnick]

deep bow to all people who took our misfortune to heart and sometimes, sacrificing their lives, helped us

They sincerely wanted to help us

[tralflot1832]

Eternal memory to the victims! I have repeatedly traveled the routes of convoys. Water breathes death, having got into the water in those days there is no way to escape! Low bow to the sailors of the Arctic Convoys, for their work and feat.

[paco.soto]

Thanks to the author for this material. I watched similar videos on pay TV channels in the 90-2000s in exile. Then I learned a lot about history from other sources.
I ask the trolls not to minus emigrants who have learned a different story.

[paco.soto]

I also wanted to post an article translated from English about the estimate of the price for an American bombsight, "on a copied" captured bomber, but was surprised to learn that I could not post articles on VO.

[paco.soto]

Neutral opinion: there is still content on military medical assistance in the Lend-Lease archives. I have a lot of analytics, which, unfortunately, will not "pass" the forum on VO just in case.

[1536]

The Germans will win, we will help the Russians, the Russians will win, we will ... Here the mistake came out, did not have time, the Red Army began to advance too quickly and defeated the Germans.
And thanks for the help! British tanks in the battle of Moscow played a positive role. Thanks.

[Litvinoff]

We honor everyone who served, we pay tribute to their heroism and self-sacrifice. They played an important role in the shared history between Great Britain and Russia - and in the final victory of the Allies.

So yes, that's just Soviet Russia paid for their "heroism" with gold-platinum .. And most importantly, with the blood of our soldiers who broke the backbone of European Nazism .. And liberated Europe, at the cost of the incredible tension of the Soviet people and the concentration of everything and everyone ...
Now the "gratitude" of Europe is off the charts ..
Again, a crusade against Russia is being prepared by someone else's hands ..
This is how we live, we chew bread.

[Aaron Zawi]

Quote: Litvinoff

So yes, that's just Soviet Russia paid for their "heroism" with gold-platinum .. And most importantly, with the blood of our soldiers who broke the backbone of European Nazism .. And liberated Europe, at the cost of the incredible tension of the Soviet people and the concentration of everything and everyone ...
Now the "gratitude" of Europe is off the charts ..
Again, a crusade against Russia is being prepared by someone else's hands ..
This is how we live, we chew bread.

Firstly, no payment was made for Lend-Lease.
Secondly, Soviet soldiers were not mercenaries and they paid with their blood not for military supplies, but for the freedom and independence of their homeland.

[Flooding]

Quote: Aron Zaavi

Soviet soldiers were not mercenaries and they paid with their blood not for military supplies, but for the freedom and independence of their homeland.

and not only his own.
so history has ordered.

[Litvinoff]

Quote: Aron Zaavi

Firstly, no payment was made for Lend-Lease.

Well, officially, yes .. And so the Soviet convoys with gold and platinum went to the return line, this is a fact ..

Quote: Aron Zaavi

Secondly, Soviet soldiers were not mercenaries and they paid with their blood not for military supplies, but for the freedom and independence of their homeland.

And for those who sat out on the "Tashkent front" and now we are taught what and how it was ..
PS I read your Vika and your Google too ..

[Constanty]

You are confusing two issues - weapons and equipment delivered under Leand-Lease (free lease on assumption) and completely separate supplies under the British-Soviet agreement, according to which the USSR had a loan that was repaid by mines. gold.

[citizen]

On June 27, 1942, 1942, an "Agreement on the financing of military supplies and other military assistance from the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" was signed in London, according to which the supply of weapons was carried out free of charge.

[Constanty]

Prior to this date, some shipments to the UK were not free of charge - hence, among other things, gold on HMS Edinburgh as part of the payment.

[citizen]

Until that date, all deliveries were not free of charge, but the agreement was retroactive and declared all previous deliveries up to June 41 of a military nature not payable. For goods of a non-military nature, payment continued to be payable. Yes, edenburg is from this story.

[tasha]

What you call "heroism" is in fact a real feat of allied sailors who, in the harshest conditions of the Arctic, delivered us thousands of tons of cargo and hundreds of pieces of military equipment. And the article is not about politicians, gold and platinum, but about ordinary guys from Liverpool and Boston. Our gratitude is to them.
"Can you imagine what it is like to be somewhere between Jan Mayen and Bear Island on a February night, Admiral? Of course you can't."

[Andy]

quote from cruiser ulysses?

[Litvinoff]

Quote: tasha

"Can you imagine what it is like to be somewhere between Jan Mayen and Bear Island on a February night, Admiral? Of course you can't."

Do you and your ancestors imagine how to find yourself under the air raids and tank strikes of the Wehrmacht and the all-destroying armada?
Your "heroes" were paid in gold and insured .. Do you think they were hired to save Soviet Russia? They went when we had already given the Germans some cabbage soup and rested on the line Leningrad-Moscow-Stalingrad .. And then Cherchel, etc. I thought cynically, is it worth it .. Straight heroes, they earned money !!!!!

[Aaron Zawi]

Quote: Litvinoff

for
Do you and your ancestors imagine how to find yourself under the air raids and tank strikes of the Wehrmacht and the all-destroying armada?
Your "heroes" were paid in gold and insured .. Do you think they were hired to save Soviet Russia? They went when we had already given the Germans some cabbage soup and rested on the line Leningrad-Moscow-Stalingrad .. And then Cherchel, etc. I thought cynically, is it worth it .. Straight heroes, they earned money !!!!!

Judging by your writings, your ancestors Vital did not serve in the Red Army, but in the ROA. It is not for nothing that you do not want to exchange data on ancestors on podvignaroda.

[Catfish]

So yes, only Soviet Russia paid for their "heroism" with gold-platinum

Not only did he lie, he also put the word HEROISM in quotation marks. Wrote nasty things and are satisfied?

[Litvinoff]

Quote: Sea Cat

So yes, only Soviet Russia paid for their "heroism" with gold-platinum

Not only did he lie, he also put the word HEROISM in quotation marks. Wrote nasty things and are satisfied?

Not happy of course .. I'm just angry when the West tries to present itself as the winner of Nazism and humiliate the SOVIET UNION!
A lot of you here are divorced, fans of the Anglo-Saxons and others ..
They've already cleaned everyone up here .. Well, get grants. You won't shut up everyone's mouths.

[Catfish]

The people who carried cargo on ships to help us, and died at the same time, did not present themselves as "victors of Nazism", they simply fought with it as best they could, regardless of nationality.
Moreover, they were not going to humiliate the Soviet Union in any way. And you are carrying outright nonsense, trying to discredit those who gave their lives for our common Victory over the brown plague.

A lot of you here are divorced, fans of the Anglo-Saxons and others ..

To pay tribute to the allies who died in the common struggle, does this, in your opinion, mean the worship of a particular nationality? Well that's the thesis a psychiatrist should comment, and I am not.

They've already cleared everyone out here.

"Don't say gop until you jump!", The cleaner, damn it ...

[Ros 56]

These were people worthy of respect, because they gave their lives to fight the obscurantism called fascism.
In present-day Ukraine, the same fascism is being revived, but for some reason others, today's British, support it. So where will they end up this time, where will the convoys be sent and how does this fit in their heads today?

[Constanty]

The Poles also took part in Arctic convoys - for example, as part of the PQ-13 convoy was the s / s "Tobruk" motor ship, which upon arrival in Murmansk was sunk by German aircraft and only thanks to the persistence of the crew and crew. Thanks to the help of Soviet shipyard workers, after 6 months of repairs, he returned to Britain as part of the QP-14 convoy.

Another was the PQ Garland, escorting the PQ-16, which lost 28 crew members. Many of the wounded were saved thanks to the efforts of Soviet doctors in Murmansk.

The photographs show the deck of a Polish destroyer during the convoy to Murmansk and damage to the Garland after returning from the USSR.

[Alf]

Somehow I ran into very scant information that the first British convoy brought weapons to the USSR on June 12 (!) 1941. Does anyone know or hear about this?

[citizen]

Before the beginning of the Second World War? That is unlikely. The USSR was like it was under an embargo from Britain.

[Alf]

Quote: burger

Before the beginning of the Second World War? That is unlikely. The USSR was like it was under an embargo from Britain.

The states also imposed an embargo, which did not prevent them from selling us what they needed.

[citizen]

Well I do not know. From 39, they feared that these goods would end up in Germany. And what was the US selling?

[Alf]

Quote: burger

Well I do not know. From 39, they feared that these goods would end up in Germany. And what was the US selling?

Machine tools.
And from 1941, January, the embargo was lifted.

[Tests]

SERGE ant, dear, thank you for the photo of the monument in Arkhangelsk! It is a pity that two people were standing behind the monument at the time of the shooting. A little later and a little bit from a different angle ... Then, against the background of the water of the Northern Dvina and the sky, the steamer in the center of the hole looks very strong! enlarge the frame - to the left of the monument to the northern convoys, it is possible, albeit badly, but to see the monument to the seal, on the granite pedestal of which the words: "Oh, how many people you saved from hunger and cold" are engraved (considering that the monument to the seal is a monument with money collected by the people ) is the first plus. And the second plus is on the right on the flagpoles the flags of the countries participating in the Arctic convoys. In the first convoy "Dervish", the Danish steamer "Alchiba" was sailing in column 2 under No. 3 (Wikipedia, however, identifies the ship "Netherlands"). In PQ-1: Panamanian steamer Capira was sailing in column 1 No. 1, Belgian steamer Willie de Anvers was in column 2 No. 2, Panamanian Nord King was also in column 3, Soviet steamer was in column 4 No. 1 " Elna -2 "(Wikipedia defines its affiliation as" Great Britain ", although it became a Soviet ship on August 18, 1941). No matter how the rulers of Poland are hysterical about the Russian Federation today, we must not forget the feats of the Poles in the Arctic convoys (both submariners and on surface ships)! We must not forget the exploits in the Arctic convoys of the sailors of Norway and Canada.
Litvinoff (L), my dear, the Internet is full of materials about how British submariners, based on our bases on Kola, drowned the Fritzes in 1941 in the Barents Sea, how 151 air wings shot down 6 aircraft in the sky of Murmansk and damaged (according to various sources ) from 3 to 6 German planes, died defending Murmansk 13.09.1941/1941/22.06.1941, sergeant of the British Air Force Norman Smith ... Yes, you read Wikipedia, then appreciate, in our common Victory, the contribution of the minesweepers of the British Navy "Gossamer", "Halsion "," Khuzar ", Harrier", "Salamander", "Sigal", "Speedy", "Leda", "Bramble" (which in XNUMX were based in Arkhangelsk, and later in Yokanga), considering that on XNUMX of the year on the Federation Council of the USSR there was NOT a single minesweeper, those two that were listed as minesweepers are alterations from civilian ships that could not deal with modern German sea mines, we had a problem with trawls and locators ...

[Tests]

paco.soto (Paco Soto), dear, my parents were in Arkhangelsk throughout the war, my mother even in the port of Arkhangelsk (Economy district) managed to get bombed, I myself am one of those residents of Severodvinsk (Molotovsk) who say: "I was born in a museum "(during the Great Patriotic War, the building of the Molotovsk maternity hospital became one of the hospitals of the Karelian Front, and for 30-33 years already, in the building on Pionerskaya Street - the Severodvinsk City Museum of Local Lore). Everything related to the history of Lend-Lease is very interesting to me. If "V.o." He will not accept your materials, I will read them with great pleasure, send them to me.

[orionvitt]

It seems to me that someone, in the sense of security (British navy), at the most crucial moment, the convoy was simply abandoned. There was such information. What is not customary to talk about in the West now.

[Tests]

Alf (Vasily. USSR), dear, July 31, 1941, the British Navy minelayer "Adventure" came to the White Sea. In Arkhangelsk, he delivered 200 secret magnetic mines, 1000 depth charges, parachutes and special pyrotechnic materials (magnets, incendiary plates, etc.). According to the declassified, for today, history of assistance to the USSR from Great Britain - these are the first tons of weapons to us in the Great Patriotic War.

[Fitter65]

Many THANKS to these ordinary people who, risking their lives, helped us in difficult times.

[tolmachiev51]

- "well-guarded first convoy reached the north of the USSR without incident" - add not subtract !!! The rest of the victims are on the conscience of the vile policy of the small-shavens. It is a pity for the sailors, who believed in the "protection" of the convoys.

[Oleg Aviator]

This is not a journey. It's a hard work. The guys are sorry. They did a good job

[Tests]

tolmachiev51 (alexander), dear, in 1941 in the USSR it came to the ports of Arkhangelsk (Molotovsky port in 1941 was not independent, but was one of the sections of the port of Arkhangelsk as Economy, Moseev Island, Left Bank and Bakaritsa) and Murmansk (including to Polyarny) 52 ships. There were NO losses of ships and escort ships in 1941.
True, when PQ-1 approached the Kola Peninsula on 08.10.1941/101/17.12.1941, aircraft of the Northern Fleet Air Force were sent to the convoy area on patrol. They mistakenly hit our S-1941 plane and seriously damaged it. On December 6, 4, British minesweepers that moved to base from Arkhangelsk to Polyarny (in 8, at the end of October, the Northern Dvina in Arkhangelsk stood up, the rapid formation of ice in the White Sea began due to severe frosts) came out to meet PQ-4 and ran into 20.12.1941 German destroyers from 6 flotilla - this is the first attempt by the enemy to disrupt the movement of allied convoys. The British minesweeper "Speedy" received 88 shell hits, but managed to put a smoke screen and distract the destroyers on himself, and then managed to break away from the enemy under the smoke ... in the Kola Bay was attacked by two Junkers-XNUMX, two bombs pierced the deck, but fortunately, both did not explode. The Decembrist attack is the first attack by convoy ships.
In 1941, 45 transports left Arkhangelsk to the shores of Britain. All transports and escort ships arrived without loss to the ports of destination ... So the British armed forces in 1941 certainly fulfilled their task of protecting the Arctic convoys.

[Reserve buildbat]

Was only 85 ships sunk? That is, almost half of the losses of the merchant fleet - the PQ-17 caravan? The greater is the price of betrayal.

[Vikxnumx]

Alistair McLean "His Majesty's Cruiser" Ulysses "...
Classic!!!