T-118
Soviet Fleet minesweeper
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| Name | T-118 | ||
| Type: | Fleet minesweeper (Admirable) | ||
| Tonnage | 625 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Tampa Shipbuilding Co Inc, Tampa FL | ||
| Owner | Soviet Navy | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 12 Aug 1944 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-365 (Heimar Wedemeyer) | ||
| Position | 73° 22'N, 66° 35'E - Grid AT 6434 | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | BD-5 | ||
| Route | White Sea - Dikson | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed on 16 Sep 1943, as USS Armada (AM 145) for the US Navy, but on the same day transferred to the Soviet Navy under lend-lease agreement and renamed T-118. | ||
| Notes on event | At 18.53 hours on 12 Aug 1944, U-365 attacked convoy BD-5 in Kara Sea with a spread of three FAT torpedoes and hit the Marina Raskova, which continued damaged. The U-boat was attacked by the escorting minesweepers, but at 19.03 hours, managed to sink T-118 with a Gnat and at 23.45 hours T-114 with a T-3 torpedo. The merchant sank following two coups de grâce at 01.04 and 01.23 hours on 13 August in 73°21N/67°20E. Of the 632 men on the three ships, only 259 were rescued. 186 were picked up by T-116 and 73 others by Soviet MBR-2 flying boats. | ||
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