I had a uncle by marriage who was on the run to Murmask.
Two ships were sunk under him and he and the crews went to the lifeboats both times and survived!
I just watched a documentary about The Murmansk Run.
Wow.
I think they mentioned that some of the sailors were in the lifeboats twice.
The freezing ships. The bombing. The U-Boats.
Those were some tough guys.