BMO-594 (No 90)
Soviet Patrol craft (A/S)
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| Name | BMO-594 (No 90) | ||
| Type: | Patrol craft (A/S) (D-3 class) | ||
| Tonnage | 39 tons | ||
| Completed | 1944 - Zavod No 5 (NKVD), Leningrad | ||
| Owner | Soviet Navy | ||
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| Date of attack | 24 Dec 1944 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-637 (Wolfgang Riekeberg) | ||
| Position | 59° 27'N, 24° 00'E - Grid AO 3547 | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
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| History | Commissioned on 28 November 1944 and assigned to the Baltic Fleet. | ||
| Notes on event | At 09.28 hours on 24 December 1944 U-637 fired a spread of three FAT torpedoes at a group of small Soviet warships off Cape Pakri in the Gulf of Finland and heard a detonation after 3 minutes 44 seconds followed by sinking noises. At 09.49 and 10.09 hours, the U-boat fired two Gnats of which the first missed but 3 minutes after the second was fired a detonation was heard and then again sinking noises. However, the only ship hit was the BMO-594 (No 90). | ||
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