 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rwendo rwokutanga rwechikepe rwakanga rwuri kubva kuArkhangelsk kuenda kuEngland muna September 1941. Muna January 1942 akaunza zvinhu zvechiuto kuMurmansk sechikamu cheConvoy PQ 8. Rwendo rwakazotevera rwakanga rwuri neConvoy QP 13 kuenda kuNew York nemutoro weapatites, kwaakatora zvombo zvechiuto ndokudzokera kuIceland kwaakabatana neConvoy PQ 16. 