Kreml´
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| Name | Kreml´ | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 7,661 tons | ||
| Completed | 1932 - Zavod No 198 (Andre Marti), Nikolaev | ||
| Owner | Sovtorgflot, Moscow | ||
| Homeport | Tuapse | ||
| Date of attack | 31 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-24 (Clemens Schöler) | ||
| Position | Grid CL 9447 - See estimated map location (43.17N40.44E) * | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
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| History | Built as Soyuz Vodnikov SSSR, 1938 renamed Kreml´ At 08.44 hours on 5 Nov, 1941, the Romanian submarine Delfinul (Costachescu) torpedoed and damaged the Kreml´ four miles south of Yalta. At 14.41 hours on 5 May 1943, U-9 (Schmidt-Weichert) fired three torpedoes at the tanker Kreml´, escorted by four minesweepers, two gunboats and two aircraft about 22 miles south of Cape Pizunda (grid CL 9628) and heard a detonation after 10 minutes, probably at the end of its run. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 12.30 hours on 31 Mar, 1943, U-24 fired a spread of two torpedoes at a tanker, escorted by two destroyers and one coastal-minesweeper off Poti and observed one hit in the stern of the tanker, which caught fire. The sinking of the Soviet motor tanker Sovetskaja Neft (8228 tons) was claimed, but this is not confirmed by Soviet reports, the actual target was the Kreml´, which was damaged. | ||
* 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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