Nadezhda Petrovna Orlova

Lieutenant Nadezhda Orlova served at the Northern Fleet submarine base in Polyarny, coordinating communications between submarines and surface escorts during Arctic Convoy arrivals. She helped manage the receiving and refitting of lend-lease vessels delivered to Murmansk. After the war she worked in maritime communications in Murmansk and later moved to Belfast where her daughter had settled, becoming one of the few Soviet Arctic veterans living in Northern Ireland.