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Able Sea. William Pert
Royal Navy SS Empire Scott
from:Montrose, Angus, Scotland
(d.28th May 1943)
William Pert served on the SS Empire Scott. The SS Empire Scott was part of Convoy JW53 which sailed on 15th of February 1943 from Loch Ewe, Scotland to Murmansk, Russia along with 28 other supply vessels and a number of naval escorts. The ship arrived safely in Murmansk but was then blockaded in Russian waters for most of the rest of the year along with other Allied supply ships. It was finally able to depart from Archangel on 26th of November 1943.