Zhemchug (No 27)
Soviet Corvette
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| Name | Zhemchug (No 27) | ||
| Type: | Corvette (Brilliant) | ||
| Tonnage | 550 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Zavod No 190 (A. Zhdanov), Leningrad | ||
| Owner | Soviet Navy | ||
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| Date of attack | 10 Aug 1941 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-451 (Eberhard Hoffmann) | ||
| Position | 68° 39'N, 42° 07'E - Grid AW 2352 | ||
| Complement | 61 officers and men (61 dead - no survivors) | ||
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| History | Completed in December 1937 as patrol ship PSK-301 for the NKVD. The ship participated in the Winter war against Finland. On 5 January 1941 renamed Zhemchug (No 27) and on 23 June assigned to the Northern Fleet. | ||
| Notes on event | At 21.12 hours on 10 August 1941 the Zhemchug (No 27) was hit by one torpedo from U-451 while on patrol duties between Cape Svyatoj Nos and Cape Kanin Nos. The U-boat observed how the ship sank immediately west of Kanin Nos and later saw debris and two survivors, but all hands were lost. Only a life buoy of the ship was found ashore some days later. | ||
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