Kuznets Lesov (Soviet Motor merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
Ships hit by U-boats
Soviet Motor merchant
| Name | Kuznets Lesov | |
| Type: | Motor merchant | |
| Tonnage | 3,974 tons | |
| Completed | 1933 - Zavod No 194 (Andre Marti), Leningrad | |
| Owner | Baltijskoe Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parohodstvo (BGMP) | |
| Homeport | Vladivostok | |
| Date of attack | 23 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  Soviet |
| Fate | Sunk by U-601 (Peter-Ottmar Grau) | |
| Position | 75° 30'N, 8° 00'E - Grid AB 3569 | |
| Complement | 41 (41 dead - no survivors) | |
| Convoy | QP-15 (straggler) | |
| Route | Archangelsk - Iceland | |
| Cargo | Potassium salt | |
| History | Completed as Severoles for Dalnevostochnoe Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parokhodstvo (DGMP), Vladivostok. 1934 renamed Kuznetz Lesov for Baltijskoe Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parohodstvo (BGMP). | |
| Notes on event | At 07.28 hours on 23 Nov 1942, U-601 fired a spread of three torpedoes at the Kuznets Lesov (Master V.A. Tsibul’kin), which was straggling from convoy QP-15 after a heavy storm. The ship was hit in the forepart with one torpedo and sank within four minutes. The master, 31 crew members and nine gunners were lost. |
Location of attack on Kuznets Lesov.
ship sunk.
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