Steamer Armeniya (sunk 7.11.41)

[CJE]

The passenger SS Armeniya was sunk in the Black Sea south of Yalta, on 7 November 1941 by German bombers. Of 5,000 people aboard (civilians refugees and soldiers from Sevastopol) all but 8 perished.

Which LW unit was responsible?

Thanks in advance.

Chris

[Evgeny Velichko]

WiKi say, it was 1./KG 28
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet...l_ship_Armenia

Personnel losses are not known exactly, but could be estimated from 4,5k to 7k.

[Chris Goss]

I have looked at page 86 of Eddie & Doug's book which refers to KG 26 and I cannot see any mention of any attack likewise the pages on KG 28. However, the only torpedo units in that location were 1./KG 28 and 6./KG 26 at that time.Harold Thiele's book doesn't add much apart from saying 6./KG 26 sank 20,000 tons of shipping Oct-Dec 41 and another source said it was bombs from 1./KG 26

[CJE]

Thanks.
However, was it torpedoed or just hit by bombs?

[Chris Goss]

That is the problem!

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

OKL in Lagebericht 8.11.41 wrote that 7.11.41 at 09:24 40 km S Jalta the German bomber had sunk a large troopship by 2 torpedoes. But the unit (KG26 or KG28) wasn't mentioned.