Hercule Poirot British government, including foiling the attempted abduction of the Prime Minister. Readers were told that the British authorities had learned of Poirot's keen investigative ability from certain members of Belgium's royal family. After the war Poirot became a private detective and began undertaking civilian cases. He moved into what became both his home and work address, Flat 203 at 56B Whitehaven Mansions. Hastings first visits the flat when he returns to England in June 1935 from Argentina in "The A.B.C. Murders", Chapter 1. The TV programmes place this in Florin Court, Charterhouse Square, in the wrong part of London. According
Convoy JW 56B a force of two destroyers and three other escort vessels. There was also an ocean escort, comprising the destroyer "Milne" (Capt. IMR Campbell commanding) and six other destroyers. The convoy was accompanied initially by a local escort group from Britain, and was also joined later by a further escort force, from the preceding convoy JW 56A. A cruiser cover force comprising "Kent" (R.Adm AFE Palliser), "Berwick" and "Bermuda" was also at sea, to guard the two convoys against attack by surface units. JW 56B was opposed by a U-boat force of fifteen boats, code-named "Werewolf", in the Barents Sea. JW