Ashkhabad
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| Name | Ashkhabad | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.284 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Govan, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Sovtorgflot, Moscow | ||
| Homeport | Odessa | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Apr, 1942 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-402 (Baron Siegfried von Forstner) | ||
| Position | 34.19N, 76.31W - Grid DC 1221 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (0 dead and 47 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Matanzas, Cuba | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | December 1917 completed as British steam tanker War Hostage for Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London; 1919 sold to Italy and renamed Milazzo for Soc Italiana di Nav Transoceanica, Naples and converted to a dry cargo ship; 1922 sold to Navigazione Generale Italiana, Naples; 1924 sold to Britain and renamed Aldersgate for City Gate Line (W.H. Dillon & Sons), London; 1925 renamed Mistley Hall for Chas.G. Dunn Ltd, Liverpool; 1934 sold to Sovietunion and renamed Kutais for Sovtorgflot, Moscow; 1935 renamed Dnesprostroi; 1938 renamed Ashkhabad | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.36 hours on 30 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Ashkhabad was torpedoed by U-402 18 miles south of Cape Lookout and was abandoned. The survivors including four women were picked up by HMS Lady Elsa (FY 124). On 3 May 1942, the wreck had to be scuttled with gunfire by a US warship. | ||
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