RT-68 Enisej
Soviet Steam trawler
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| Name | RT-68 Enisej | ||
| Type: | Steam trawler | ||
| Tonnage | 557 tons | ||
| Completed | 1932 - Zavod No 190 (A. Zhdanov), Leningrad | ||
| Owner | Glavsevrybprom, Murmansk | ||
| Homeport | Murmansk | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Jan 1942 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-454 (Burckhard Hackländer) | ||
| Position | 68° 41'N, 38° 58'E - Grid AW 2244 | ||
| Complement | 34 (2 dead and 32 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Murmansk - fishing grounds | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on event | At 06.32 hours on 17 Jan 1942, U-454 fired one torpedo at the RT-68 Enisej 78 miles north of Kanin Nos and observed one hit amidships. The trawler had been missed by a spread of two torpedoes at 06.03 hours. The forepart broke off and sank while the stern remained afloat and was sunk by a coup de grâce at 06.43 hours. The survivors, four of them wounded, reached Vargina Guba in their lifeboats. | ||
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