BMO-512
Soviet Patrol Craft (A/S)
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| Name | BMO-512 | ||
| Type: | Patrol Craft (A/S) (BMO class) | ||
| Tonnage | 53 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Zavod No 196 (Sudomekh), Galerniy, Leningrad | ||
| Owner | Soviet Navy | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 17 Oct 1944 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-1165 (Hans Homann) | ||
| Position | 59° 27'N, 24° 00'E - Grid AO 3547 | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | to Tallinn | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Commissioned on 18 September 1943 as SK-512 and assigned to the Baltic Fleet, later reclassified BMO-512. | ||
| Notes on event | At 11.36 hours on 17 October 1944 U-1165 observed a hit with a Gnat on a coastal minesweeper that exploded and sank in the Gulf of Finland. This vessel must have been the BMO-512 which was reported sunk after hitting a mine northwest of Suurupi while en route to Tallinn. | ||
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