Ka taƙaita labarin:  An samu shaidar wani kuskure da aka yi a lokacin yaki wanda ya yi sanadiyar miliyoyin fam na zinare na Rasha, da ake zaton za su je Amurka, sun ɓace a kogin Clyde. An ɗora kayan zinare da azurfa a Murmansk a kan tsohuwar jirgin ruwan Tekun Irish, wanda aka canza shi zuwa jirgin ruwa mai yaƙi tare da cire kayan aikinta don shiga cikin jerin gwanon Arctic mai haɗari. An ba da kuɗin ne don biyan Amurkawa don makamai da aka tura zuwa Rasha a lokacin daya daga cikin mahimman matakai na yakin duniya na biyu. Gungura ƙasa don bidiyo. An ɗora kayan a kan HMS Ulster Queen (hoto) a 1942 kuma an canja shi zuwa Amurka a matsayin biyan kuɗi don makamai lokacin da aka rasa kayan da ke da daraja a cikin teku. Tsohon jirgin ruwa, HMS Ulster Queen, ya isa Greenock a watan Nuwambar 1942, bayan kwanaki 13 a teku da kuma jiragen ruwa biyu da jiragen ruwa na Jamus suka nutse. Amma sa'ad da suke canja akwatunan da ke ɗauke da dukiyar zuwa cikin wani jirgin ruwa da ke jiransu, ɗaya ya zame kuma ya faɗa cikin ruwa mai laka. Irin wannan rufin asiri ya wanzu a kan dukkan aikin ba a san ko an dawo da shi ba. A zahiri, abin da ya faru ya fito ne kawai saboda godiya ga wani littafin sirri da ɗayan injiniyoyin Sarauniyar Ulster suka adana, kuma yanzu 'yarsa ta bayyana shi a karon farko a cikin sabon littafi. Wani mutum daga Edinburgh Leonard H. Thomas ya yi aiki a kan Sarauniyar Ulster a cikin jirgi huɗu zuwa da daga Murmansk da Archangel a arewa maso yammacin Rasha. Mista Thomas ya sami al'adar adana bayanan da yawa da zane-zane a lokacin aikinsa na kafin yaƙin a matsayin ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa a kan jirgin binciken RRS Discovery II a Kudancin Tekun. Ya shiga Discovery a matsayin dan shekara 17 a garin Portsmouth. Ya ci gaba da rubuce-rubucensa a kan Convoys - amma ya san cewa idan an gano wani daga cikin littattafansa zai kasance cikin matsala mai tsanani, ya rubuta a cikin lambar kuma ya ɓoye su da kyau. Kafin ya mutu a shekara ta 2000, yana da shekara 88, ya rubuta wasu cikin waɗannan littattafan a cikin littattafai huɗu masu girma A4, waɗanda 'yarsa, Leona Thomas, ta shirya a cikin littafi. Wani mutum daga Edinburgh Leonard H. Thomas ya yi aiki a kan Sarauniyar Ulster a cikin jirgi huɗu zuwa da kuma daga arewa maso yammacin Rasha....
Injiniyan Edinburgh ya yi bayani dalla-dalla kan yadda aka yi asarar zinare a lokacin wani aiki na sirri. Leonard H. Thomas ya yi aiki a kan HMS Ulster Queen a lokacin Arctic Convoys. Littafinsa na sirri ya bayyana cewa an rasa wani akwati na zinare yayin da ake canja shi. Mista Thomas ya rubuta cewa ya fada cikin kogin Clyde yayin da ake motsa shi zuwa wani jirgin ruwa. Aikin ya kasance na sirri sosai ba a san ko an taba dawo da kayan ba.