ⓘWhat do the D1–D5 confidence tiers mean?›
- D1A single attributed public source (museum, council, Historic England, CWGC, mapping data).
- D2Two or more independent public sources corroborate the same facts.
- D3A named coordinator or local reviewer has confirmed the public-source account.
- D4A named observer has personally visited and documented the site — photographs, inscriptions, condition.
- D5An archive or institution has provided written documentation supporting the entry.
A higher tier means more corroborating evidence, not automatic historical certainty. The Discovery layer does not replace archival verification.
At Ebrington in Derry/Londonderry — once the naval base HMS Ferret, the most westerly Allied escort base of the Battle of the Atlantic — stands the International Sailor, a bronze figure of a seaman with his kitbag and hammock. Unveiled in 2013, it is a twin of the statue at Halifax, Nova Scotia where the convoys gathered, and honours the seamen of all the Allied nations who protected the convoys.
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What this page does not claim
- This honours the Allied seamen of the Battle of the Atlantic who protected the convoys; it is not specifically a Soviet or Arctic-convoy memorial, though the convoy war it commemorates includes the route to North Russia.
- Names of individuals belong on archival surfaces, not this discovery record.
- Endorsement by any named institution; the source is cited for documentary research only.
Sources
- AImperial War Museums — IWM War Memorials Register record for the International Sailor, Battle of the Atlantic memorial, Derry/Londonderry.archived ↗
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