[Sailor Steve]

Something else has struck me that I never thought about: Montserrat describes the escort groups escorting from Liverpool to a midpoint, then picking up an inbound convoy and returning home with them. Obviously the Canadian escorts would do the same thing from Halifax.

I find this to be immensely rational; I just never thought of it before, always picturing the escorts making the whole trip. Of course this would eliminate the need for finding berthing for the crews in a foreign port, and shorten the time away from home.

[Edit]I just finished the book, and realized I horribly mispelled the man's name: it's Monsarrat.

I also just discovered a collection of his sea tales, appropriately titled Monsarrat At Sea. It includes several collections of notes written during the war that eventually became The Cruel Sea. More to come