Tsiolkovskij
Soviet Motor merchant
Name | Tsiolkovskij | ||
Type: | Motor merchant | ||
Tonnage | 2,847 tons | ||
Completed | 1935 - Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij NV, Amsterdam | ||
Owner | Sovtorgflot, Moscow | ||
Homeport | Leningrad | ||
Date of attack | 1 May 1942 | Nationality: Soviet | |
Fate | Damaged by U-589 (Hans-Joachim Horrer) | ||
Position | 71° 46'N, 34° 30'E - Grid AC 4669 | ||
Complement | 41 (27 dead and 14 survivors). | ||
Convoy | QP-11 | ||
Route | Murmansk - Reykjavik - Loch Ewe | ||
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History | | ||
Notes on event | At 03.13 hours on 1 May 1942, U-589 fired a spread of two torpedoes at convoy QP-11 and heard a detonation after 5 minutes. The Tsiolkovskij was damaged and later sunk as straggler by the German destroyers Z-24 and Z-25. The survivors were picked up by HMS Lord Middleton (FY 219) (Lt R.H. Jameson). |
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