Proletarij
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| Name | Proletarij | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,123 tons | ||
| Completed | 1905 - Eiderwerft AG, Tönning | ||
| Owner | Severnyj Flot (Northern Fleet) | ||
| Homeport | Archangelsk | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Dec 1944 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-995 (Hans-Georg Hess) | ||
| Position | 69.57N, 32.53E - Grid AC 8577 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (31 dead and 22 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | PK-20 | ||
| Route | Petsamo (4 Dec) - Kola Bay | ||
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| History | On 15 Aug, 1942, the steam merchant Proletarij was requisitioned as transport by the Soviet Navy and was used in the Northern Fleet. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.15 hours on 5 Dec, 1944, the Proletarij in convoy PK-20 was hit by one FAT torpedo from U-995 about 15 miles north of Tsyp-Navolok Cape. The ship was probably again hit by a torpedo at 02.03 hours in grid AC 8579 and sank in 30 seconds after a coup de grâce hit at 04.16 hours in grid AC 8821. 29 crew members were lost. The master and 23 survivors were picked up by the Soviet submarine chaser MO-426, but the master and another men later died. | ||
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