Arctic Convoys - WW II

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16 BELLS - THE ARCTIC CONVOYS

As promised, following from Tim Lewin:
"Here you go, the bell ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Dervish arrival in Archangelsk; its about 2 gins long at 32 minutes but nice to see other ships, and looking very tiddley too."
See - https://vimeo.com/604854308
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HMS Echo remembers Arctic convoy heroes during search for sunken WW2 cruiser

Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo returned to waters where sailors once faced Nazi bombers and U-boats to pay tribute to the first Arctic convoy 80 years ago.
The Devonport-based ship paused in the middle of the Barents Sea to remember the men of Operation Dervish – and the thousands who followed them, delivering vital aid to the Soviet Union between 1941 and 1945.

Echo has been conducting survey work in the High North, including searching for the wreck of one sunken WW2 cruiser and updating existing information about another, HMS Edinburgh, over whose wreck Echo’s crew held a service of remembrance.

As Echo’s Commanding Officer Commander Adam Coles cast a wreath into the Barents Sea, the Russian cruiser Marshal Ustinov – which was sailing nearby – signalled the Royal Navy vessel in admiration of the men of 1941-45.

The crew of the Ustinov praised a generation which “served with great honour, bravery and determination…in the face of Fascist invaders.

Continues at - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... w2-cruiser
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Royal Navy Surveys Lost Vessels of WWII Arctic Convoys
See also - https://www.maritime-executive.com/edit ... ic-convoys
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HANDS ACROSS THE SEAS

Dear All,
Our friends in Archangelsk have put together this booklet on the celebrations there for Dervish 80; I have shared the Blagovest film of all of you sounding your ship’s bell so between this and their booklet Dervish has been well and truly remembered.
Tim.

[Note: The attached is a shortened version as the original was too large to upload on this site.]
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A build-up of ice on a signal lamp is making life hard for the signalman on board HMS Sheffield, whilst escorting an Arctic convoy to Russia.
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Any written memories from Mr Reg Young ?
some more about his biography.
HMS Cossack was lost so what was his service after .

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Without denying huge efforts of the Soviet industry to their war effort in WW2 the so much extensive propaganda of the Russians - then and now - that their war effort made them victorious (almost alone :roll: ) in WW2 some small facts prove that war materials provided by the West to them was important.
While in 1944 one would expect that all/most of the US/UK military equipment delivered to the Soviets has disappeared from the stock of the front line Russian troops would be wrong.
Just couple of years ago a British Matilda (later improved Mk and now very rare model) was dragged out of a river in central Poland which indicates that some of their regiments were operating this type of tanks to the end of the war.
It is restored now and a documentary film showed that everything was made of great quality so the tank would be "underway" soon.
The same with a Boston light bomber fished from the Baltic sea. Also aircraft from the USSR AF being on stock of one of the bomber regiments which was advancing Germany along the Baltic coast in 1944/45.
What is also avoided among the facts is that great deal of the aid was sent to Russia in the most critical moments of war.
One of the top three fighter aces of the Soviet Union , Khozedub scored 57 victories mounting Bell Aircobra and us such is presented on his American airplane standing in the open door of his P39. Only 6 were shot down by him while his unit was rearmed with Lavotchkin fighters. In his memories he assessed the Cobras as highly maneuverable in low level (which basic of the Russian air tactics) and with great fire power
In 1942/43 percentage of western delivered tanks, a/c etc. was some 30-40% of the Soviet army hardware in Kursk battle.
And the most stunning information I have read in the introduction of the Arctic Convoys (HM Naval Histroy issue) was that a relatively quick advance of the Russians army movement which was based on infantry and horses legs was caused by the delivery of 250 000(!!!!) just one type of trucks -Studebacker.
The above material says that ironically that the Soviets were faster than western Allies in run for Berlin was caused by the Americans and their deuces-an-a half.
Bad Americans !!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

There is another sentence of meaning : the Brits of those times have seen that the Soviets requirement on Land-Lease materials on the end of war were aimed in building a stock for future, after war times.

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It is 82 years since the Arctic Convoys began delivering vital supplies to the Soviet Union, following its invasion by Germany in 1941.

Putin’s war is an affront to the shared history of the UK and Russia, who fought so closely to defeat Fascism during the Second World War.

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For info: Who First Devised the Arctic Circle? See ~ https://www.oldsaltblog.com/2023/10/who ... more-60993
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