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| Keywords: outdoor Lot-3478-31: British Activities, WWII. Convoy to Russia with a Royal Navy cruiser escort on Arctic lifeline. A fast Royal Navy cruiser sets to rendezvous with a convoy of merchantmen, some of them Russian, heavily laden with arms for the Red Army. The crew receives an issue of Arctic clothing. The convoy, escorted by British minesweepers is met in the dark. For the rest of the voyage, they remain almost in darkness, for in those latitudes the sun is not seen for three months in winter an hour or two of dawn, then twilight, and night again. The temperature as they near the coast of Russia registers 52 degrees of frost, the metal on the upper deck and guns “burn” to the touch. For days, the carefully planned zig-zag course is followed, the cruiser circling, shepherding, scouting, until the Russian port is safely reached. Shown: Looking from the bridge of the ocean escort cruiser as she brings up the rear of the convoy. On the focsle, a party of stokers are deicing the chains and capstan with a jet of steam. Office of Emergency Management. (2016/03/04). Lot-3478-31: British Activities, WWII. Convoy to Russia with a Royal Navy cruiser escort on Arctic lifeline. A fast Royal Navy cruiser sets to rendezvous with a convoy of merchantmen, some of them Russian, heavily laden with arms for the Red Army. The crew receives an issue of Arctic clothing. The convoy, escorted by British minesweepers is met in the dark. For the rest of the voyage, they remain almost in darkness, for in those latitudes the sun is not seen for three months in winter an hour or two of dawn, then twilight, and night again. The temperature as they near the coast of Russia registers 52 degrees of frost, the metal on the upper deck and guns “burn” to the touch. For days, the carefully planned zig-zag course is followed, the cruiser circling, shepherding, scouting, until the Russian port is safely reached. Shown: Looking from the bridge of the ocean escort cruiser as she brings up the rear of the convoy. On the focsle, a party of stokers are deicing the chains and capstan with a jet of steam. Office of Emergency Management. (2016/03/04). | ||||
