Royal Navy Pays Tribute to 80th Anniversary of WWII Arctic Convoy PQ18

During an Arctic patrol with the Norwegian Navy, the crews of Royal Navy frigate HMS Northumberland and RFA Tiderace paused to pay tribute to the men of ill-fated WWII Arctic convoy PQ 18. 

Arctic convoy missions from Scotland and Iceland to Arkhangelsk were a critical part of Allied efforts to keep Soviet Russia supplied during the Second World War. The convoy route was among the riskiest operations for any service branch: American merchant mariners assigned to the route lost their lives at a higher rate than the U.S. Army...