Derek Law Bibliography

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GEROUX, William. The Ghost Ships of Archangel: The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis. 337p., illus. New York: Viking, 2019. ISBN: 9780525557463.

         A dramatic account of PQ17 based on personal accounts, which focuses on four of the ships in the convoy. During the height of the attacks on July 5, the armed trawler Ayrshire escorted the merchantmen Silver Sword, Ironclad and Troubadour, in a dash directly into the ice barrier. Once anchored, the ships’ crews painted their superstructures white to camouflage the vessels. Then, moving slowly along the ice edge and skirting the eastern extremes of the Barents Sea, the four ships eventually made port.