Kusnec Lesov
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| Name | Kusnec Lesov | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.974 tons | ||
| Completed | 1933 - Zavod No 194 (A. Marti), Leningrad | ||
| Owner | Sovtorgflot, Moscow | ||
| Homeport | Vladivostok | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-601 (Peter-Ottmar Grau) | ||
| Position | 75.30N, 08.00E - Grid AB 3569 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | QP-15 (straggler) | ||
| Route | North Russia - Iceland | ||
| Cargo | Potassium salt | ||
| History | Built as Severoles, 1933 renamed Kusnec Lesov | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.28 hours on 23 Nov, 1942, U-601 fired a spread of three torpedoes at the Kusnec Lesov (Master V.A. Tsibulīkin), which was straggling from the convoy QP-15 after a heavy storm. The ship was hit in the forepart with one torpedo and sank within four minutes. | ||
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