Convoy PQ13 : unlucky for some /Morris O. Mills.

The author's autobiography focusing on his experiences during ther Second World War. Mills joined the SS New Westminster City as a deck apprentice in 1940 at the age of 16 and sailed on the first arctic convoy, leaving Liverpool on 12 August 1940, as part of Operation Dervish, and returning in convoy QP1. Mills sailed on his second arctic convoy (PQ13) in March 1942, but having arrived in Murmansk, he was on board the New Westminster City when it was hit during a German bombing raid. Mills was seriously injured and hospitalised in Murmansk before leaving for Britain on HMS Edinburgh as part of QP11. HMS Edinburgh was then itself sunk during the voyage as a result of a torpedo attack and although rescued, Mills was returned to hospitals in both Murmansk and Archangel before finally being repatriated on HMS Gossamer and USS Tuscaloosa. Mills details his experiences both on board ship and in hospital. Discharged as medically unfit in 1943, Mills retrained as an electrician and served with the RAF at USAAF Alconbury before joining the Merchant Navy Reserve Pool.