Our Arctic Convoy Vodka was produced to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the first sailing of the first convoy from Liverpool to Archangelsk in August 1941 “Operation Dervish” ( Convoy Cdre Captain John Dowding RNR on board Llanstephan Castle ) and those who sailed on the very first Arctic Convoy from Liverpool to Archangel via Scapa Flow and Iceland on 12 August 1941.
The convoy comprised 6 merchantmen and 1 oiler plus a total of 14 escorts in relays for the passage ,five of which were Anti Submarine Trawlers of the Royal Naval Patrol Service. The convoy carried 39 crated Hurricanes and 2,700 men including 14 pilots of the 151 Wing of the Royal Air Force. There were no casualties.