Pestel´
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| Name | Pestel´ | ||
| Type: | Steam passenger ship | ||
| Tonnage | 1.850 tons | ||
| Completed | 1890 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn | ||
| Owner | Sovtorgflot, Moscow | ||
| Homeport | Odessa | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Jun, 1944 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-20 (Karl Grafen) | ||
| Position | 41.03N, 39.42E - Grid CL 9932 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 66 (18 dead and 48 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Trabzon, Turkey (19 Jun) - Batumi | ||
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| History | Built as Veliki Knyaz Alexei, later renamed Alexei and finally Pestel´ At 12.59 hours on 23 Mar, 1943, U-19 (Gaude) fired a spread of three torpedoes at the escorted Pestel´ off Suchumi and heard a heavy detonation and claimed a hit, but in fact she was not hit, although one torpedo was seen to pass the bow in about six metres distance. Three patrol boats made a counter attack in which SKA-095 dropped four depth charges, but without damaging the U-boat. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.28 hours on 19 Jun, 1944, the unescorted Pestel´ was hit by two torpedoes from U-20 and sank at 22.20 hours after breaking in two off Trabzon. The Soviets reported that the ship was sunk within the territorial waters of Turkey, while the escorts (eight SKA patrol boats) waited at the boarder of these waters to meet the vessel. The next morning, the U-boat took a rescue buoy from the ship aboard. | ||
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