RPT-1
Soviet Motor torpedo boat
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| Name | RPT-1 | ||
| Type: | Motor torpedo boat | ||
| Tonnage | 35 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Higgins Industries, New Orleans | ||
| Owner | Soviet Navy | ||
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| Date of attack | 28 Feb 1943 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-405 (Rolf-Heinrich Hopman) | ||
| Position | 59° 49'N, 34° 43'W - Grid AK 1384 | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-227 (straggler) | ||
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| History | Laid down as American USS PT-85 on 29 Apr 1942, launched on 7 September and completed on 7 December. In February 1943 lend-leased to the Sovietunion as RPT-1. | ||
| Notes on event | The RPT-1 was on transfer from the USA to the Soviet Northern Fleet aboard the Wade Hampton and was lost on 28 Feb 1943, when this ship was sunk by U-405 as straggler from convoy HX-227. | ||
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