Kujbyshev
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| Name | Kujbyshev | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.332 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Zavod No 189 (Ordzhonikidze), Leningrad | ||
| Owner | Murmanskoe Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parokhodstvo (MGMP), Murmansk | ||
| Homeport | Murmansk | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-601 (Peter-Ottmar Grau) | ||
| Position | 73.52N, 77.40E - Grid AS 4137 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Archangelsk (11 Aug) - Dikson | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.09 hours on 24 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Kujbyshev (Master I.V. Tokovenko) was torpedoed and sunk by U-601 northwest of Dikson. The ship had a harbour tug with ice-bow in tow, which was sunk at 14.42 hours by 20 rounds of gunfire. The xB-Dienst reported the victim as the Soviet steam merchant Valerian Kujbyshev (4629 tons). | ||
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