Ships hit by U-boats


Shtorm


NameShtorm
Type:Torpedo boat (Shtorm)
Tonnage412 tons
Completed1932 - Zavod No 194 (A. Marti), Leningrad 
OwnerSoviet Navy 
Homeport 
Date of attack11 May 1944Nationality:      Soviet
 
FateDamaged by U-9 (Klaus Petersen)
Position43.50N, 39.26E - Grid CL 9187
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Complement? men (? dead and ? survivors).
Convoy
Route 
Cargo 
History  
Notes on loss

At 16.32 hours on 11 May, 1944, U-9 fired a Gnat at a convoy consisting of a tanker, a torpedo boat, a minesweeper and seven smaller escorts covered by three MBR flying boats and observed a heavy detonation after 2 minutes 31 seconds. The Shtorm was damaged by the torpedo.

 


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