SHIPS
TO NORTH RUSSIA .....
Shipping
losses to Russia are usually associated with the
Russian Convoys of 1941-45.
In
fact 43 British-registered merchantmen bound to or
from Archangel were lost between 1914-18; more than
the 36 British ships lost (out of an Allied total of
104) on the "Russian run" in World War 2!
..... and the
NORTH
RUSSIA EXPEDITIONARY FORCE 1919
Following
the Armistice, the Allied attempt to assist the White
Russians in their struggle against the Bolshevists as
well as protect the vast amount of Allied supplies in
North Russia led to the .......
above
- Coastal Motor Boats (CMB's) with seaplanes on the
riverbank
The main theatre and area of naval activity ......
Some of the Royal Navy forces taking part, especially
coastal monitors, river gunboats, inshore 'tunnel'
minesweepers, coastal motor boats (CMB's); also depot
ship, ex-Q-ship HMS Hyderabad (below) ......
.... and the main losses on the River Dvina ...
Finally, my own grandfather's voyage in HMS Fox from
Murmansk to Archangel, followed by service
on ex-Russian paddle steamer, HMS Borodino, Senior Naval
Officers ship at Topsa:
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