T-883 (No 37)
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| Name | T-883 (No 37) | ||
| Type: | M/S trawler | ||
| Tonnage | 633 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - AG Neptun Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik, Rostock | ||
| Owner | Soviet Navy | ||
| Homeport | Murmansk | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Dec, 1944 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-995 (Hans-Georg Hess) | ||
| Position | Grid AW 2297 - See estimated map location (68.41N38.58E) * | ||
| Complement | 49 (49 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | KB-37 | ||
| Route | Iokanga (29 Dec) - Svyatoj Nos - Iokanga | ||
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| History | Built as steam trawler RT-45 Dvina for Sevgosrybtrest NKRP. On 25 Jun, 1941, the ship was requisitioned by the Soviet Navy, converted to the minesweeper T-883 (No 37) and on 29 July assigned to the Northern fleet. Since 13 Aug, 1941, part of the White Sea Flotilla. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.15 hours on 29 Dec, 1944, U-995 fired a torpedo at T-883 (No 37) southeast of Cape Svyatoj Nos and hit her after 2 minutes 40 seconds, causing the ship to sink fast with only the capsized bow being visible afterwards. At 11.40 hours, the minesweeper had left Iokanga together with the Soviet minesweeper T-887 and the patrol craft BO-142 to sweep the area southwest of Cape Svyatoj Nos prior to the arrival of convoy KB-37. Just when the second minesweeper discovered an U-boat 7,5 miles southeast from the Cape, T-883 (No 37) was torpedoed, but the other ships returned to the harbour without providing any help or searching for the attacker. About two hours after the attack, the Soviet patrol crafts BO-225 and BO-227 were dispatched from the convoy to search for survivors, but they located nothing in the area. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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