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| 882 | CAMPBELL, Ian, & MACINTYRE, Donald. The Kola Run: A Record of Arctic Convoys 1941-1945. 254p., illus., index. London: Muller, 1958.
Campbell spent two years as Captain (D) of the 3rd Flotilla, whose M Class destroyers were a mainstay of the Arctic escorts, while Macintyre was a stalwart of the Atlantic battle. Their experience is used to give one of the best descriptions of the Arctic convoys and all the major associated battles. |
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| 883 | CARSE, Robert. A Cold Corner of Hell: The Story of the Murmansk Convoys 1941-45. xvii, 268p., bibliog., illus., index. New York: Doubleday, 1969.
Based largely on the accounts of survivors, this tells the story of the American Merchant Marine’s participation. It is full of atmospheric detail but is careless with fact. For example, the QP series of convoys is always referred to as PQ, while the Japanese are credited with sinking Renown and Repulse. |
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| 884 | CARSE, Robert. There Go the Ships. 87p., illus. New York: Morrow, 1942; London: Jarrolds, [1943].
Aimed at an American audience, this little book, with drawings by Gordon Grant, gives a highly dramatised account of a Russian convoy. |
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| 885 | EDWARDS, Bernard. The Road to Russia: Arctic Convoys 1942. xiii, 210p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cooper; Annapolis: NIP, 2002. ISBN: 0850528984.
A good general history which focuses on QP13 and PQ17. |
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| 886 | ERWOOD, Peter. A Long Night for the Canteen Boat: The Torpedoing and Salvage of HMS Cassandra December 11th 1944. 52p., illus. Fleet Hargate: Arcturus, 1996. ISBN: 0907322646.
On 11 December 1944 Cassandra was badly damaged by U 365 with 62 of her crew lost, while escorting convoy RA62 back from Murmansk. She was towed back there at three knots or less over four days in an epic of salvage. Reproduces accounts of survivors. Reached a third edition in 2002. |
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| 887 | EVANS, Mark Llewellyn. Great World War II Battles in the Arctic (Contributions in Military Studies, No. 172). 165p., bibliog., illus., index. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1999. ISBN: 0313308926.
A good overview of World War II naval operations in this area. After setting the stage by describing arctic conditions and Allied and Axis strategic considerations, the book goes on to cover the Battles of Narvik, the PQ17 convoy disaster, the sinking of Scharnhorst and Tirpitz, and the Battle of the Barents Sea. |
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| 888 | FOXVOG, Donald R. & ALOTTA, Robert I. The Last Voyage of the ss Henry Bacon. xix, 265p., bibliog., illus., index. St Paul, MN: Paragon House, 2001. ISBN: 1557788014.
A nicely told tale of one ship and its experience and sinking in RA64 while carrying some escaping Norwegians. Reconstructed from diaries, oral history and official reports. |
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| 889 | HAYNES, John L. Frozen Fury: The Murmansk Run of PQ-13.
92p., bibliog., illus. Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2010. ISBN: 1451201567. A memoir by an American merchant seaman survivor of the convoy. |
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| 890 | HERMAN, Fred. Dynamite Cargo: Convoy to Russia. 103p., illus. London: Cassell; New York: Vanguard, 1943.
The story of a "typical" Russian convoy aimed "to awaken people to the job the [American] merchant marine is doing. " |
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| 891 | HUTSON, Harry C. Arctic Interlude: Independent to North Russia (World War II Historical Society, Monograph 219). 148p., illus. Bennington, Vt.: World War II Historical Society, 1997. ISBN: 1576381188.
After PQ18 when Arctic convoys were briefly suspended, 13 merchantmen were sailed independently in Operation FB. This is their story. Has many fact-rich appendices. |
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| 892 | KEMP, Paul. Convoy! Drama in Arctic Waters. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Arms & Armour, 1993. ISBN: 1854091301.
A thoroughly competent and scholarly modern operational history of the convoys. |
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| 893 | KEMP, Paul. The Russian Convoys (Warships Illustrated, no 9). 64p., illus. London: Arms & Armour, 1987. ISBN: 0853687730.
A photographic record. |
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| 894 | MACLEOD, Donald J. Survival against the Odds: The Story of Petty Officer Donald MacKinnon, Russian Convoy Survivor. vi, 99p., bibliog., illus. Aberdeen: Loch Roag Books, 2000. ISBN: 0953808009.
A naval reservist, he served on the armed yacht St. Sunniva, on Cardiff, and on Lapwing on which he was sunk in the Arctic. Also covers more generally the fate of Hebrideans lost in the war at sea. |
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| 895 | MILLS, Morris O. Convoy PQ13: Unlucky for Some. 222p., bibliog., illus., index. Bramber: Bernard Durnford, 2000. ISBN: 0953567028.
The story of a young merchant seaman. He sailed in the New Westminster City on PQ13 and was badly injured in a bombing raid on Murmansk. The book tells of his dreadful experiences, of an abortive attempted return on Edinburgh, and his final return, now handicapped. |
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| 896 | MOORE, W. J. Diaries and Memoirs of a Sailor. 76p., illus. Ilfracombe: Stockwell, 1983. ISBN: 072231728X.
Diary of service by a leading steward on the trawler Daneman, in Norway, home waters, and above all the Arctic. Covers 1940-43. |
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| 897 | OMMANNEY, Francis D. Flat-Top: The Story of an Escort Carrier. 63p., illus. London: Longmans Green, 1945. A propaganda account of life aboard a “Woolworth” carrier on an Arctic convoy. The author was the Meteorological Officer when she sailed north. |
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| 898 | PAWLOWICZ, B. ORP Garland in Convoy to Russia: The Record of a Polish Destroyer on Her Journey from Great Britain to Murmansk and Archangel in the Spring of 1942. 79p., illus. Mitcham: Surrey, 1943.
A reporter’s account of a bloody Arctic convoy in which Garland was damaged by air attack. |
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| 899 | PEARCE, Frank. Last Call from HMS Edinburgh: A Story of the Russian Convoys. 200p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Collins; New York: Atheneum,1982. ISBN: 0002166771.
The story of the cruiser Edinburgh from sailing east with PQ14 to her last gallant action in Arctic waters. Also looks at the fate of the survivors. |
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| 900 | PEARCE, Frank. Running the Gauntlet: The Battles for the Barents Sea. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Fontana, 1989. ISBN: 0006374557.
A good general account of the Arctic convoys and the battles surrounding them. |
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| 901 | PEARCE, Frank. The Ship that Torpedoed Herself. xx, 181p., illus. Plymouth: Baron Jay, 1975. ISBN: 0904593029.
The short career of Trinidad, written by a member of her crew. Her service was entirely in Northern waters and the Arctic. While escorting PQ13, she torpedoed herself with a rogue torpedo in trying to finish off the German destroyer Z 26. After some temporary repairs in Russia she made a break for home but had to be sunk by her escort after being hit by German bombers. |
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