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Re: Black Sea aerial torpedo successes
A couple more torpedo successes from the Axis forum thread from BIGpanzer's messages:
"Tanker “Sovietskaya neft” Germans torpedoed and bombed the ship in October 1941, but the crew of "Sovietskaya neft" could defend the ship with the help of several AA guns and repair the damages during two days in the open sea. Specifications: 17500 t; 143 x 17,3 x 8,9 m; 2 diesels (2060 kWt); 11 knots"
(The message doesn't explicitly say, that it was hit by (an) aerial torpedo(s) and not by (a) naval torpedo(s), but IMHO probably by an aerial.)
hospital ships
"“Dnepr” (12589 t) was sunk by one of six air torpedoes on 3 October 1941. "
(On Dnepr/Dnjepr. Was it working as a hospital ship or as a transport ship at the time of the attack is unclear, the hospital ships of the Black Sea Fleet operated in both roles in 41-42)
Juha
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