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Petrovskij


Petrovskij under her former name Ijsseldijk in 1921

NamePetrovskij
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage3.771 tons
Completed1921 - NV Werf Gusto v/h Firma A.F. Smulders, Schiedam 
OwnerSovtorgflot, Moscow 
HomeportOdessa 
Date of attack27 Aug, 1943Nationality:      Soviet
 
FateDamaged by U-354 (Karl-Heinz Herbschleb)
Position75.15N, 84.30E - Grid AS 2722
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Complement? men (? dead and ? survivors).
Convoy 
Route 
Cargo 
History Completed in August 1921 as Dutch Ijsseldijk for Solleveld & v/d Meer & v. Hattumīs, Rotterdam. 1930 transferred to NV Stoomvaart Mij Nederlandsche Lloyd, Rotterdam and renamed Minnewater. 1935 sold to Sovietunion and renamed Petrovskij for Sovtorgflot, Moscow. 1970 deleted from Lloyds Register. 
Notes on loss At 20.21 hours on 27 Aug, 1943, U-354 fired a single torpedo at a Soviet convoy consisting of four merchants and two patrol boats and heard a detonation after 1 minute 55 seconds and two further detonations five minutes after firing a spread of three torpedoes at 20.22 hours. The U-boat saw after the attack only two merchants and one escort and claimed the sinking of two ships. In fact, the Petrovskij was only damaged. 


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