ASO-1 Shkval
Soviet Salvage vessel
Photo courtesy of Dmitriy A. Sidorov
| Name | ASO-1 Shkval | ||
| Type: | Salvage vessel | ||
| Tonnage | 572 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Verschure & Co´s Scheepswerf & Maschinefabriek NV, Amsterdam | ||
| Owner | Soviet Navy | ||
| Homeport | Vladivostok | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Aug 1943 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-625 (Hans Benker) | ||
| Position | 69° 43'N, 60° 34'E - Grid AT 8580 | ||
| Complement | 52 (47 dead and 5 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Novyj (25 Aug) - Khabarovo | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in November 1938 as steam tug Shkval for Severnoe Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parokhodstvo (SGMP), Vladivostok. Since 7 July 1941, assigned to the Northern Fleet as salvage vessel ASO-1 Shkval. | ||
| Notes on event | At 18.07 hours on 25 Aug 1943 the Shkval (Senior-Lt V.S. Timofeev) struck two mines laid on 12 August by U-625 in the east part of the Yugorskij Shar Strait in the Kara Sea and sank immediately. The ship provided a transfer of river ships from Pechora to Ob´ river. | ||
| On board | We have details of 1 people who were on board. | ||
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