Tsiolkovskij
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| Name | Tsiolkovskij | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.847 tons | ||
| Completed | 1935 - Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Mij NV, Amsterdam | ||
| Owner | Sovtorgflot, Moscow | ||
| Homeport | Leningrad | ||
| Date of attack | 1 May, 1942 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-589 (Hans-Joachim Horrer) | ||
| Position | 71.46N, 34.30E - Grid AC 4669 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (27 dead and 14 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | QP-11 | ||
| Route | Murmansk - Reykjavik - Loch Ewe | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.13 hours on 1 May, 1942, U-589 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the convoy QP-11 and heard a detonation after 5 minutes. The Tsiolkovskij was damaged and later sunk as straggler by the German destroyers Z-24 and Z-25. The survivors were picked up by HMS Lord Middleton (FY 219) (Lt R.H. Jameson). | ||
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