Moskva
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The
Leningrad class destroyer Moskva was built as Project 1 at
Andre Marti in Nikolaev and launched in October 1934.
After the German invasion of Soviet Union in June 1941,
she was sent to support an air strike on installations in
Constanta in Romania 26. June 1941. The air strike never
happened and Moskva and her sister ship Kharkov bombarded
oil tanks and the railway station. They were taken under
fire from coastal artillery and Rumanian destroyers and
Moskva was soon hit. Shortly after she also hit a mine
that broke the destroyer in two parts and she sunk within
a few minutes. Only 69 men of the crew were rescued. The
wreck was found in 2011 on a depth of 45 meter southeast
of Constanta.
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| N44 04.033, E028 57.145 ( Source: Black Sea Wrecks )  Picture: Moskva, Leningrad class destroyer Wikipedia, Public domain  Last updated: August 2019 |
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