10 October 2024, Starts: 19:30

The Rescue Ships and the Convoys.

Illustrated talk by Victoria Schofield

Organised by the Russian Arctic Convoy Project. Venue: Auiltbea Community Hub. Free, but donations to Arctic Convoy Museum welcomed.

Rescue ships played a vital role in the Arctic Convoys from Loch Ewe to northern Russia. Their principal task was to save the lives of seamen whose ships were sunk by enemy action.  In her recently published book, Victoria Schofield tells the story of how this service came to be formed during WWII and the role the rescue ships played in the Arctic Convoys from Loch Ewe to Murmansk and Archangel. Drawing on research that includes letters and memoirs from those who served on the rescue ships, Victoria explains why the story of the rescue ships resonates in the present day, as one of the most under reported and unknown aspects of the war at sea.