On 2nd December 1944 convoy KB-35 departed from Kola Bay. The convoy, consisting of the steamships �Kama� and �Revoljucija� under escort of patrol ship SKR-20 and the minesweeper T-884 (pennant No. 38), was bound for Arkhangelsk.

Near the Litskie Islands the "Revoljucija" (master A.G.Motalov) had engine problems and soon lost way. The convoy commander ordered the "Kama" to continue to Archangelsk under the escort of SKR-20. The minesweeper T-884 was ordered to guard the "Revoljucija", which slowly drifted. Early on 3rd December at 03.00 "Revoljucija" was torpedoed by U-1163. One torpedo hit the steamer midship. She sank in 1 minute at position 68.44 N 37.49 E. All crew (22 men) and 1 passenger (wife of the chief engineer) died.

Sources

1) A. Golubev "Poteri korabel'nogo sostava Severnogo Flota i grazhdanskikh vedomstv na Severnom morskom teatre v period Velikoj Otechestvennoj voiny". St. Petersburg, 1999 = "Losses of Northern Fleet ships and ships of civil companies in Arctic in years of the Great Patriotic war".

2) "Suda ministerstva morskogo flota, pogibshie v period Velikoj Otechestvennoj vojny 1941 - 1945". Moskow, 1989 = "Ships of the Ministry of Sea Fleet lost in the Great Patriotic war 1941 - 1945"

Many thanks to Kirill Klementuev for the extensive information on this page

Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are from the German perspective and are given in CET.
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