Dundee WW2 Submarine Base - War Memorials
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Submarine B1 (V-1) - Russian (former HMS Sunfish)
“In the Spring of 1944 arrangements were made to transfer one battleship, nine destroyers and four submarines to the Russian Navy as a share of the Italian War Booty. The submarines which were part of the quota were ‘Sunfish’, ‘Unison’, ‘Unbroken’, and ‘Ursula’. The 2300 Soviet sailors who were to man the British units, sailed in convoy RA59 which put to sea on 28th April arriving 6th May.
The four submarines were handed over in Dundee by the Royal Navy to the Soviet Northern Fleet on 26th July. The first boat to set out was the V1 (ex-Sunfish). While on passage she did not conform to the agreed route and was promptly bombed by a Liberator of No.86 Squadron, R.A.F. on the 27th July and sunk. The other submarines arrived safely in Russia between 2nd and 4th August 1944.”
The Names on the Memorial
| I. I. Fisanovich | ||
| I. I. Andryushchenko | N. I. Lunin | S. Ravensdale |
| N. V. Aprelkov | A. V. Martinov | G. P. Razumkov |
| D. V. Bashkinov | G. A. Matvienko | G. S. Redkin |
| E. L. Benkin | I. I. Mazurov | N. N. Rostovtsev |
| N. Yu. Chizhevsky | G. M. Miroshnichenko | V. P. Savchenko |
| A. A. Danilov | A. P. Myagkov | A. M. Semenov |
| B. I. Equnov | P. A. Nechaev | N. M. Shubin |
| P. I. Furtas | A. A. Nefedov | N. D. Sosnovsky |
| V. P. Conchar | V. A. Nemov | M. N. Sumnitelnov |
| M. A. Gorozhankin | N. F. Nikolaenko | I. E. Sverdel |
| V. M. Kabanov | I. I. Nicolenko | V. A. Toroptsev |
| A. D. Karpenko | V. F. Nicolaev | G. A. Tseretyan |
| I. S. Komarov | N. N. Padchin | V. G. Tutkevich |
| E. G. Kononov | I. M. Pavlenko | A. Ya. Udovit |
| V. V. Korotky | I. A. Pochinkov | I. M. Voronin |
| I. M. Kirkotin | E. E. Polozov | I. M. Zadorin |
| V. A. Loginov | V. A. Putintsev |
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Iain D. McIntosh, Friends of Dundee City Archives
Iain D. McIntosh, 2020