According to this Russian website (https://fleetphoto.ru/vessel/70785/) she was sent to be broken up at the end of 2003 — which is at odds with your eyewitness report of 2012.

My friend confirms the spelling Sildberin and says she was under the Faroese flag from 1939 to 1942. During that period she sailed to the UK with fish. As regards the 88 calls by Swedish vessels that you mention, he notes that there were also Finnish-flag vessels. He has found the following: Finnish...

Hello Sid! I passed on your query to a Faroese friend. He may join this discussion later in person, but in the meantime he has emailed me the following information: "I have all the ships on the bay of Torshavn that day - April 13 - 1940 From the Navy : HMS SUFFOLK, 55 - HMS ACASTA, H 09 - HMS A...

Here's my version of the Russian: "She was lying in the roadsteads. She was attacked by two dive-bombers. Altogether eight bombs were dropped on the destroyer. One bomb blew up alongside the ship, another hit an active boiler. A fire broke out and oil was spilt and burned around the ship. At 18...

I suspect that "Rusud" is by error for "Russud", which makes good sense -- it was the name of the shipyard in Nikolaev that later became known as the Zavod im. 61 Kommunara.

Very glad that the forum is back. Many thanks!