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During WWII, Loch Ewe was used as an assembly point for the Arctic convoys to the Russian cities Murmansk and Archangel.Following the sinking of HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow in 1939, Loch Ewe ...

They assembled in Loch Ewe in Wester Ross and travelled by sea via Iceland to the Russian ports of Archangel and Murmansk. By the time they ended, in May 1945, the convoys had transported four ...

participation in Allied convoys bearing weapons and supplies to the Eastern Front. One such ship is among a large group traveling from Iceland to Russian port city Murmansk, under heavy threat of ...