Arctic Convoys PQ8 – The Story of Capt Robert Brundle and the SS Harmatris book where he is still regarded

where he is still regarded as a national hero

We owe our collective thanks to the authors for this fine act of remembrance

Rena records the day-to-day activities involved in a crofting community

the Donaldson liner Athenia was sunk without warning by a German U-boat off the west coast of Ireland

on the battleship Queen Elizabeth at sea and blown up by human torpedoes at Alexandria

Arctic Convoys PQ8 – The Story of Capt Robert Brundle and the SS Harmatris book where he is still regardedWhen Robert Brundle took the SS Harmatris to Russia with Convoy PQ6 he was 47 years of age. Both ship and master were veterans and had already sailed in convoys across the North Atlantic and to South Africa. The 5,395 ton coal fired ship, laden with 8,000 tons of armaments originally set sail on 27 November 1941 to join convoy PQ6 but encountered a fierce storm in which a lorry broke free in he hold and started a blaze below decks. Despite valiant