Petrovskij
Soviet Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Paul Johnson Collection
| Name | Petrovskij | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,771 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - NV Werf Gusto v/h Firma A.F. Smulders, Schiedam | ||
| Owner | Sovtorgflot, Moscow | ||
| Homeport | Odessa | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Aug 1943 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-354 (Karl-Heinz Herbschleb) | ||
| Position | 75° 15'N, 84° 30'E - Grid AS 2722 | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
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| History | Completed in August 1921 as Dutch Ijsseldijk for Solleveld, v.d. Meer & T.H. van Hattum’s Stoomvaart Mij, Rotterdam. 1930 renamed Minnewater for NV Stoomvaart Mij Nederlandsche Lloyd, Rotterdam. 1935 sold to Soviet Union and renamed Petrovskij. Post-war: 1970 deleted from Lloyds Register. | ||
| Notes on event | At 20.21 hours on 27 Aug 1943, U-354 fired a single torpedo at a Soviet convoy consisting of four merchants and two patrol boats and heard a detonation after 1 minute 55 seconds and two further detonations five minutes after firing a spread of three torpedoes at 20.22 hours. The U-boat saw after the attack only two merchants and one escort and claimed the sinking of two ships. In fact, the Petrovskij was only damaged. | ||
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