06.11.2009, 18:39
It was 21 merchant ships out of 34 sunk actually ... bad enough.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_PQ_17
Notable for me as my father was sailor on SS Bellingham, one of the ships that made it through to Archangelsk in one piece, despite being hit by a dud torpedo. The ship was sunk on the way back however, September 1942 in North Sea ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy_PQ_17
Notable for me as my father was sailor on SS Bellingham, one of the ships that made it through to Archangelsk in one piece, despite being hit by a dud torpedo. The ship was sunk on the way back however, September 1942 in North Sea ...