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Soviet Submarine Shch-215
Щ-215 (transliterated as ''Shch-215'' or sometimes ''SC-215'') was a Soviet Navy , Type X. She was built at the '' Sudostroytelnyi zavod imeny 61 kommunara'' in Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, and entered service in October 1938 with the Soviet Black Sea fleet based at Sevastopol. Shch-215 survived the Second World War, was reclassified ''С-215'' (''S-215'' in the Roman alphabet) in 1949 and was decommissioned in 1955. ''Shch-215'' is notorious for an attack in February 1944 when she torpedoed and sank the motor schooner . ''Mefküre'' was carrying between 300 and 400 Jewish refugees, all but five of whom were killed. Wartime service On 9 October 1941, north of Cape Emine in Bulgaria, ''Shch-215'' attacked what she identified as a patrol vessel. The submarine fired a torpedo but it missed. On 18 November, east-north-east of Tsarevo, Bulgaria, ''Shch-215'' torpedoed and sank the Turkish steamship . On 20 June 1942, south of the mouth of the Sulina branch of the Danube Delta, ''Shc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipyard Named After 61 Communards
Mykolayiv Shipyard ( uk, Миколаївський суднобудівний завод) is a major shipyard owned by state and located in Mykolaiv, Ukraine. In modern times, the shipyard has been most commonly referred to as Mykolayiv North Shipyard.Polmar, p. 407 Until 2017, it was known as the Shipyard named after 61 Communards. History In 1788, there was found as part of the Imperial Russian admiralties Nikolaev Admiralty on the banks of the Ingul river approximately inland from the Black Sea .Shipyard's office public website , Accessed 6/9/2008 The following year the first 44-gun , ''St. Nicholas'', was [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Tarkhankut
The Tarkhankut Peninsula ( uk, Тарханкутський півострів, russian: Тарханкутский полуостров, ) is the peninsula which constitutes the western extremity of Crimea into the Black Sea. Its northern shore is a southern coast of the Karkinit Bay. Its westernmost point is Cape Priboyny, to the south of it is Cape Tarkhankut. The terrain of the peninsula is the Tarkhankut Highlands. Cape Tarkhankut Cape Tarkhankut is a south-western cape of the Tarkhankut Peninsula, Crimea. The Tarkhankut lighthouse is located on the cape. Tarkhankut Upland The Tarkhankut Upland or Tarkhankut Hills is an upland that constitutes the Tarkhankut Peninsula. The Tarkhankut Wind Farm is located at the upland. Wind Farm The Tarkhankut Wind Farm (Tarkhankut Wind Plant, ) is a wind power plant located at Donuzlav lake on the Tarkhankut Highlands of the Tarkhankut Peninsula, Crimea. It is the state property. Its construction was contracted to Windenergo Lt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Ships
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assassinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
