Kiev
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| Name | Kiev | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.823 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg | ||
| Owner | Sovtorgflot, Moscow | ||
| Homeport | Odessa | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Apr, 1942 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-436 (Günther Seibicke) | ||
| Position | 73.22N, 28.48E - Grid AC 5414 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (6 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | QP-10 | ||
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| History | Built as Waldenburg, 1921 renamed Maritime, 1922 renamed Cambrian Queen, 1928 renamed Remscheid, 1932 renamed Kiev | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.59 hours on 13 Apr, 1942, U-436 fired torpedoes at the convoy QP-10 and heard one hit after a running time of 48 seconds and saw three lifeboats after surfacing at 02.15 hours. The ship hit and sunk was the Kiev. The survivors were picked up by a British escort and landed in Iceland. | ||
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