RT-19 Komintern
Soviet Steam trawler
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| Name | RT-19 Komintern | ||
| Type: | Steam trawler | ||
| Tonnage | 577 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - F. Schichau GmbH, Elbing, Danzig | ||
| Owner | Narodnyj Komissariat Rybnoj Promyshlennosti (NKRP) | ||
| Homeport | Murmansk | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Mar 1942 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-436 (Günther Seibicke) | ||
| Position | 69° 21'N, 35° 30'E - Grid AC 8948 | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Murmansk - fishing grounds | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in April 1930 | ||
| Notes on event | At 11.40 hours on 1 March 1942 U-436 fired a spread of three torpedoes at a steamer of 1500 grt northeast of Cape Teriberskij and reported two hits after 45 and 47 seconds and the subsequent sinking of the vessel. The victim was probably RT-19 Komintern which did not return from fishing off the Gusinaia Banka, Novaya Zemlya, although Soviet sources report the date of loss as 16 March. | ||
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