Donbass (ship)

Soviet Emba-class tanker

For the ex-Soviet Ukrainian ship, see Ukrainian command ship Donbas.

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 & 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

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

## References

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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.

## Bibliography

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* 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

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

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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, Tilawa
* 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

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