Veterans meet for convoy tribute

Veterans meet for convoy tribute


Veterans and VIPs will gather near Loch Ewe in Wester Ross


Veterans of the World War II Arctic convoys are gathering near a loch in the Highlands from where ships made treacherous trips to Russia.
The Royal Navy and representatives from Russia and Norway have also been invited to attend the tribute at Pool House in Wester Ross.
Nearby Loch Ewe was a port for merchant ships carrying supplies to Archangel, Murmansk and the Kola Inlet.
Thousands died from exposure to sub-zero temperatures and attacks.
Winston Churchill called the Russian run "the worst journey in the world".
Between 1941-45 ships also left the Clyde and ports in Iceland for the then Soviet Union. Sailings from Loch Ewe were made between 1942-44.
Crews and vessels were lost in attacks from German aircraft and u-boats. Scottish veterans recently made their annual visit to a memorial to the Loch Ewe convoys, but some hoped to make the journey to Wester Ross for Thursday's event. Co-incidentally, it comes at the time of Exercise Joint Warrior, a naval exercise that is held off the Scottish coast.

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Cheers JC.

 

it is good to see the murmansk convoy veterans getting together to swap stories and catch up after 64 years