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ORP Błyskawica On Arctic Convoy Duty
ORP Błyskawica on Arctic Convoy duty with its superstructure encased in ice.
The ORP Błyskawica on an Arctic Convoy (possibly CU 55 to Murmansk in 1942) with its superstructure encased in ice.
Dad's father (CPO Czeslaw Guzenda) told him that they had to hang from ropes to chip the ice off continuously lest the ship capsize in heavy seas under the extra topside weight.
 [Credit: For this and the gallery thumbnail - Private collection of Lieutenant Tadeusz Lesisz, who retired a full Commander.]