PS-70
Soviet Despatch vessel
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| Name | PS-70 | ||
| Type: | Despatch vessel | ||
| Tonnage | 558 tons | ||
| Completed | 1932 - Zavod No 190 (A. Zhdanov), Leningrad | ||
| Owner | Soviet Navy | ||
| Homeport | Murmansk | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Aug 1941 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-652 (Georg-Werner Fraatz) | ||
| Position | 69° 18'N, 35° 00'E - Grid AC 8947 | ||
| Complement | 57 (45 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Iokanga (6 Aug) - Teriberka | ||
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| History | Launched in September 1932 as steam trawler RT-70 for Sevgosrybtrest/NKRP. 1938 renamed RT-70 Kapitan Voronin. On 29 Jul 1941 requisitioned by the Soviet Navy and used as despatch vessel PS-70 in the Northern Fleet. | ||
| Notes on event | At 19.00 hours on 6 Aug 1941 the PS-70 was struck on port side aft by one G7e torpedo from U-652 while en route alone about seven miles northwest of Cape Teriberskij. A lookout had spotted the periscope of the U-boat in a distance of only 400 meters just before the torpedo explosion, too late to take evasive action. The vessel settled rapidly by the stern with a list to port and sank in less than one minute. The survivors were rescued by Soviet motorboats that were sent from the nearby coast. This was the first U-boat success in the Northern theater. | ||
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