Razjarennyj
Soviet Destroyer
Name | Razjarennyj | ||
Type: | Destroyer (Project 7) | ||
Tonnage | 1,658 tons | ||
Completed | 1941 - Zavod No 199 (Leninskogo Komsomola), Komsomolsk-na-Amur | ||
Owner | Soviet Navy | ||
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Date of attack | 20 Jan 1945 | Nationality: Soviet | |
Fate | Damaged by U-293 (Leonhard Klingspor) | ||
Position | 70° 00'N, 32° 10'E - Grid AC 8574 | ||
Complement | ? men (39 dead and ? survivors). | ||
Convoy | KP-1 | ||
Route | Kola Inlet - Liinahamari | ||
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History | Laid down at Zavod No 198 (Andre Marti), Nikolaev and completed in December 1941 for the Pacific Fleet by Zavod No 199 (Leninskogo Komsomola), Komsomolsk-na-Amur. In 1942 transferred to the Northern Fleet.
Post-war: Sunk in October 1957 as target ship for an atomic bomb test off Novaya Zemlya. | ||
Notes on event | At 10.55 hours on 20 Jan 1945 the Razjarennyj was hit by a Gnat from U-293 while escorting convoy KP-1. The destroyer was hunting the U-boat together with Rasumnyj (Cpt3cl G.P. Vasilev) at 16 knots when she was hit in the afterpart and lost a part of the stern. The crew managed to keep the ship afloat, which was taken in tow at 17.10 hours by the Soviet minesweeper T-117 and reached Liinahamari the next day. | ||
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