Arctic Convoys PQ8 – The Story of Capt Robert Brundle and the SS Harmatris book and increasing hardships aboard the

and increasing hardships aboard the frozen ship

Undeterred either by either enemy action or atrocious weather conditions

The solution was to create a fleet of 30 small Merchant Navy vessels of about 1

and what became of them

brightening the hopes of many thousands of those Arctic mariners were the White Ensigns of the escorting Royal Naval vessels and the Red Ensigns of the Merchant Navey vessels and that of the Soviet Union

Arctic Convoys PQ8 – The Story of Capt Robert Brundle and the SS Harmatris book and increasing hardships aboard theWhen 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