Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Uchapupu hwakabuda hwokutsauka munguva yehondo kwakaguma nemamiriyoni amakirogiramu endarama yeRussia, inonzi yakanga ichienda kuAmerica, yakarasika murwizi Clyde. Matombo endarama nesirivha akanga akatakurwa muMurmansk pachikepe chaimbova muIrish Sea, chakashandurwa kuva ngarava yehondo ine chimiro chayo chakabviswa kuti chibatanidzwe mumutsetse une ngozi weArctic. Mari yesimbi yakanga iri yokubhadhara vokuAmerica nokuda kwezvombo zvakatumirwa kuRussia mukati meimwe yenhambo dzinokosha zvikurusa dzeHondo yeNyika II. Dzorera pasi kuti uone vhidhiyo. Mari yacho yakanga yakatakurwa muHMS Ulster Queen (mufananidzo) muna 1942 uye yakanga ichiendeswa kuU.S. semubhadharo wezvombo apo kesi yesimbi dzinokosha yakarasika mugungwa. Ngarava yekare, HMS Ulster Queen, yakasvika muGreenock muna November 1942, pashure pemazuva 13 mugungwa uye ngarava mbiri dzakanyudzwa nezvikepe zveU-boats zveGermany. Asi sezvo mubato wakaoma wakavamba kutamisira mabhokisi epfuma paigwa rakanga rakamirira, rimwe rakatsvedza ndokuwira mumvura dzine madhaka. Chifukidziro chakadaro chokuvanzika chakanga chiripo pamusoro pebasa rose zvokuti hazvizivikanwi kana chakamboporeswa. Kutaura idi, chinoitika chacho chave chichibuda pachena bedzi nemhaka yebhuku renhau rakavanzika rakachengetwa nomumwe wavanjinjiniya veUlster Queen, uye zvino rakaziviswa nomwanasikana wake kwenguva yokutanga mubhuku idzva. Mumwe murume wokuEdinburgh anonzi Leonard H. Thomas akashanda muUlster Queen mumotokari ina dzaienda nokudzoka kuMurmansk neArchangel kumucheto kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweRussia. VaThomas vakanga vava netsika yokuchengeta manyoro akawanda nemadhirowa panguva yavaiva pamberi pehondo somumwe wevashandi vechikepe chokutsvakurudza RRS Discovery II muSouthern Ocean. Akanga abatana neDiscovery pazera ramakore 17 okuberekwa muPortsmouth yokumusha kwake. Akaramba achinyora nezvemaConvoys - asi achiziva kuti kana rimwe remabhuku ake ezuva nezuva rikawanikwa aizova mudambudziko guru, akanyora muchivande uye akarivanza zvakanaka. Asati afa muna 2000, ava nemakore 88, akanyora mamwe acho mumagazini mana eA4, ayo mwanasikana wake, Leona Thomas, ava kubudisa mubhuku. Mumwe murume wokuEdinburgh anonzi Leonard H. Thomas akashanda muUlster Queen mumigwagwa mina yaienda nokudzoka kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kwakanyanyisa kweRussia....
Injiniya weEdinburgh akatsanangura kuti mari yesimbi yakarasika sei mukati mebasa rakavanzika. Leonard H. Thomas akashanda paHMS Ulster Queen panguva yeArctic Convoys. Mapepa ake epachivande anoratidza kuti bhokisi rezvinhu zvesirivha rakarasika parakanga richiendeswa. VaThomas vakanyora kuti rakawira murwizi rweClyde parwaiendeswa kune imwe ngarava. Basa racho rakanga rakavanzika kwazvo zvokuti hazvizivikanwi kana zvidhina zvacho zvakamboponeswa.