Arctic Convoys PQ8 – The Story of Capt Robert Brundle and the SS Harmatris book hunting U-boats

hunting U-boats

We owe our collective thanks to the authors for this fine act of remembrance

The plight of those in Murmansk and Archangel who benefited is know well known

They were commissioned between September 10

where he is still regarded as a national hero

Arctic Convoys PQ8 – The Story of Capt Robert Brundle and the SS Harmatris book hunting U-boatsWhen Robert Brundle took the SS Harmatris to Russia with Convoy PQ6 he was 47 years of age. Both ship and master were veterans and had already sailed in convoys across the North Atlantic and to South Africa. The 5,395 ton coal fired ship, laden with 8,000 tons of armaments originally set sail on 27 November 1941 to join convoy PQ6 but encountered a fierce storm in which a lorry broke free in he hold and started a blaze below decks. Despite valiant