Arctic Convoy 1943 by Kevin Clarkson

Arctic Convoy 1943
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Excellent works, full of drama. Really well executed.

Conditions on these ships must have been Hellish; just the right amount of detail (ie, not too much) and that blue conveys the cold and depth: gives me the shivers just to contemplate it.

Thank you for your kind words and yes Robert conditions must have been miserable. Rhododendron has family associations, my wife's grandfather was a Chief Petty Officer in her. For a ship of her size she had quite a list of battle honours. The North Atlantic and Arctic convoys, North Africa, Sicily and D-Day. She survived the war, was sold off in 1950 and scrapped in South Africa in 1968. One Flower Class Corvette survives, HMCS Sackville in Canada.

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31/03/2015
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Flower Class Corvette HMS Rhododendron on escort duty around the North Cape to Russia 1943.

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