PS-70
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| Name | PS-70 | ||
| Type: | Despatch vessel | ||
| Tonnage | 558 tons | ||
| Completed | 1932 - Zavod No 190 (A. Zhdanov), Leningrad | ||
| Owner | Soviet Navy | ||
| Homeport | Murmansk | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Aug 1941 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-652 (Georg-Werner Fraatz) | ||
| Position | Grid AC 8947 - See estimated map location (69.04N36.10E) * | ||
| Complement | 57 (45 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Iokanga (6 Aug)- Teriberka | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Launched in September 1932 as steam trawler RT-70 for Sevgosrybtrest/NKRP. 1938 renamed RT-70 Kapitan Voronin. On 29 Jul, 1941 requisitioned by the Soviet Navy and used as despatch vessel PS-70 in the Northern Fleet. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.00 hours on 6 Aug, 1941, the PS-70 was hit by one torpedo from U-652 and sank seven miles off Cape Teriberka. The survivors were rescued by Soviet motorboats that were sent from the nearby coast. This was the first U-boat success in the Arctic Sea. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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