Nord
Soviet Survey ship
Nord is set on fire by 37mm gunfire from U-957
| Name | Nord | ||
| Type: | Survey ship | ||
| Tonnage | 411 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - Pindushkaya Yard | ||
| Owner | Glavnoe Upravlenie Severnogo Morskogo Puti (GUSMP) | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 26 Aug 1944 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-957 (Gerd Schaar) | ||
| Position | 75° 35'N, 89° 50'E - Grid XA 7553 | ||
| Complement | 22 (18 dead and 4 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Dikson (23 Aug) - Shkhery Minina - Nordensheld archipelago | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | | ||
| Notes on event | At 01.04 hours on 26 Aug 1944 the Nord (Captain V.V. Pavlov) was shelled and sunk by U-957. The vessel was able to send a distress message and fired one shot from the 45mm gun aboard, but missed. The U-boat took the four survivors (Lieutenant Skomorokh, a boatsman, a boy and a master of a lighthouse) as prisoners on board. They were landed on 3 September in Hammerfest, transferred to Narvik by train and later by ship to Danzig in a POW camp. | ||
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