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Razyarenniy

Destroyer of the Project 7 class

NavyThe Soviet Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassProject 7 
Pennant 
Built byMarti Yard (Nikolayev, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 198 and Zavod imeni Leninskogo Komsomola (Komsomolsk-na-Amur, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 199 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Sep, 1936 
Launched22 May, 1941 
Commissioned14 Dec, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryPacific fleet > Northern fleet.

Sunk in October 1957 as target ship for an atomic bomb test. 

Hit by U-boat
Damaged on 20 Jan, 1945 by U-293 (Klingspor).


Noteable events involving Razyarenniy include:

20 Jan, 1945
At 10.55 hours on 20 January 1945, the Razyarenniy was hit north of the Rybachiy peninsula in position 70º00'N, 32º10'E by a Gnat torpedo from the German submarine U-293 while escorting convoy KP-1. Razyarenniy was hit in the afterpart and lost a part of the stern. The crew managed to keep the ship afloat, which was taken in tow at 17.10 hours by the Soviet minesweeper T 117 and reached Liinahamaari the next day. (see map)


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