Donbass (ship)

History
Soviet Union
Name	Donbass
Namesake	Donbas
Owner	Northern Fleet
Operator	Sovtanker (1940); Far-Eastern Shipping Company (1940–1942);
Port of registry	Murmansk (1941–1942)
Builder	André Marti Shipyard No. 198
Laid down	1930
Launched	November 1932
Completed	1935
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk, 7 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Emba-class tanker
Tonnage	7,661 GRT; 11,450 DWT;
Length	140.12 m (459 ft 9 in)
Beam	17.94 m (58 ft 10 in)
Draught	8.45 m (27 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 diesel engines
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Crew	63

Donbass (Russian: Донбасс) was a Soviet Emba-class tanker sunk by the German destroyer Z27 on 7 November 1942, when it was on its way from Arkhangelsk to Reykjavík.^[2]

The case aroused considerable later interest due to the widely held assertion that the Soviet spy Arnold Deutsch was among the passengers killed in the attack, and that he was at the time bound for an espionage mission in the Western Hemisphere.^[3]

Legacy

Three American tankers received by the Soviet Union through the Lend-Lease were renamed in her honor.^[4]

References

^ Информация о танкере "Донбасс" из неопубликованной рукописи С.С. Бережного (in Russian). Retrieved 7 November 2017.
^ Volodarsky, Boris (2015). "Dr Arnold Deutsch". Stalin's Agent: The Life and Death of Alexander Orlov. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 488. ISBN 978-0-19-965658-5.
^ Memoires of Rufina Ivanova Pukhova, Kim Philby's last wife Rufina Philby (2003). The Private Life of Kim Philby: The Moscow Years. ISBN 0-9536151-6-2.
^ "ДОНБАСС" (in Russian). Retrieved 7 November 2017.

Bibliography

Jordan, Roger W. (1999). The World's Merchant Fleets, 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 ships. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 1-86176-023-X.

External links

Fleet register 1880–2005 - Fesco (in Russian)
"Донбасс" (1), танкер (in Russian)

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[1] Информация о танкере "Донбасс" из неопубликованной рукописи С.С. Бережного (in Russian). Retrieved 7 November 2017.

[2] Volodarsky, Boris (2015). "Dr Arnold Deutsch". Stalin's Agent: The Life and Death of Alexander Orlov. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 488. ISBN 978-0-19-965658-5.

[3] Memoires of Rufina Ivanova Pukhova, Kim Philby's last wife Rufina Philby (2003). The Private Life of Kim Philby: The Moscow Years. ISBN 0-9536151-6-2.

[4] "ДОНБАСС" (in Russian). Retrieved 7 November 2017.

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1942
Shipwrecks	2 Nov: Empire Antelope, Empire Leopard, Gifu Maru 3 Nov: East Indian Ro-65 4 Nov: Hobbema, U-132 5 Nov: U-408 6 Nov: Chulmleigh, City of Cairo, Dekabrist 7 Nov: Donbass, Eveleen, Ha-11, USS Majaba 8 Nov: Actéon, Albatros, Amphitrite, Argonaute, Brestois, Boulonnais, Fougueux, Frondeur, HMS Hartland, La Psyché, La Surprise, Milan, Oréade, Primauguet, Tornade, Tramontane, HMS Walney, West Humhaw 9 Nov: Ariane, HMS Cromer, Danaé, Diane, USS Leedstown, Typhon 10 Nov: HMS Broke, I-15, HMS Ibis, Jean Bart, HMS Martin, Méduse 11 Nov: Hōkoku Maru, USS Joseph Hewes, Sidi Ferruch, HMS Unbeaten, Viceroy of India 12 Nov: USS Edward Rutledge, USS Erie, Hokkai Maru, USS Hugh L. Scott, USS Tasker H. Bliss, HMS Tynwald, U-272, U-660 13 Nov: Akatsuki, USS Atlanta, USS Barton, USS Cushing, Isaac Sweers, USS Juneau, Kinugasa, USS Laffey, Le Conquérant, USS Monssen, U-411, Yūdachi 14 Nov: Hiei, Scillin, Narkunda, U-595, U-605 15 Nov: HMS Algerine, HMS Avenger, Ayanami, USS Benham, Kirishima, Le Tonnant, USS Preston, U-98, U-259, USS Walke 16 Nov: Irish Pine, U-173 17 Nov: U-331 18 Nov: Krasnoye Znamya, Tower Grange 19 Nov: USS YP-26 20 Nov: Prins Harald, Pierce Butler 21 Nov: U-517 22 Nov: Sokrushitelny 23 Nov: Benlomond 24 Nov: Hayashio 25 Nov: HMS Utmost 27 Nov: Achéron, Aigle, Algérie, Aurore, Bordelais, Caïman, Casque, Cassard, Colbert, Commandant Teste, Diamant, D'Iberville, Dunkerque, Dupleix, Eurydice, Foch, Foudroyant, Fresnel, Galatée, Gerfaut, Guépard, Henri Poincaré, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, L'Adroit, La Galissonnière, Lansquenet, L'Espoir, L'Indomptable, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador, Naïade, Panthère, Pascal, Provence, Sirène, Siroco, Strasbourg, Tartu, Thétis, Tigre, Trombe, Valmy, Vauban, Vauquelin, Vautour, Vengeur, Vénus, Verdun 28 Nov: Empire Cromwell, HMS Ithuriel, Nova Scotia, Thomas T. Tucker 29 Nov: Dunedin Star 30 Nov: USS Northampton, HMCS Quinte, Takanami, Thor, Uckermark Unknown date: Sibylle, Saint Edmond, U-184
Other incidents	7 Nov: USS Thomas Stone 8 Nov: HMS Broke, USS Gunnel, USS Leedstown 9 Nov: Wandle 11 Nov: Giacinto Carini 14 Nov: USS Electra 15 Nov: Adviser, HMCS Saguenay 16 Nov: USS Electra 17 Nov: Piemonte 20 Nov: HMS Bramham, I-175 26 Nov: USS Swordfish 27 Nov: Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon 28 Nov: USS Alchiba 29 Nov: Akka, USS Tunny
1941 1942 1943 October 1942 December 1942

History

Soviet Union
Name	Donbass
Namesake	Donbas
Owner	Northern Fleet
Operator	Sovtanker (1940) Far-Eastern Shipping Company (1940–1942)
Port of registry	Murmansk (1941–1942)
Builder	André Marti Shipyard No. 198
Laid down	1930
Launched	November 1932^[1]
Completed	1935
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk, 7 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Emba-class tanker
Tonnage	7,661 GRT 11,450 DWT
Length	140.12 m (459 ft 9 in)
Beam	17.94 m (58 ft 10 in)
Draught	8.45 m (27 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 diesel engines
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Crew	63