Peredovik
Soviet Steam tanker
Photo courtesy of Dmitriy A. Sidorov
| Name | Peredovik | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 1,846 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - Zavod No 198 (Andre Marti), Nikolaev | ||
| Owner | ChABU/NKMF | ||
| Homeport | Tuapse | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Nov 1943 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-20 (Karl Grafen) | ||
| Position | 42° 39'N, 39° 38'E - Grid CL 9529 | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Tuapse - Batumi | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Built for Sovtanker/NKMF, on 25 July 1942 transferred to ChABU/NKMF and on 25 September 1944 back to Sovtanker/NKMF. Post-war: Broken up in Russia in 1970. | ||
| Notes on event | At 06.02 hours on 29 November 1943, U-20 fired a spread of two torpedoes at a convoy consisting of a tanker escorted by one torpedo boat and four patrol boats about 50 miles southwest of Gogra. No detonation was heard, so Grafen assumed that they had missed. In fact, one torpedo hit the Peredovik but was a dud and only made a small hole into the hull. | ||
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