Sinking of Finnish steamer Jussi H. by submarine S-13 12.9.42

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jan-olof
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Sinking of Finnish steamer Jussi H. by submarine S-13 12.9.42

Post by jan-olof » Tue Apr 27, 2021 9:25 am

Hello again,

there seems to be a couple of small inconsistencies wrt to the sinking of this vessel.

The name of the submarine commander is given as Malanchenko here:

" 5.– 18.9.1942
Ostsee
S-13 (Kptlt. Malanchenko) versenkt im Bottnischen Meerbusen in der Nacht zum 12.9. die finn. Dampfer Hera (1379 BRT) und Jussi H. (2325 BRT), in der Nacht zum 18.9. die niederl. Anna W. (290 BRT). "

https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/42-09.htm

The same name (Pjotr Malatshenko) is given in very old forum post describing the loss of Jussi H.

http://warsailors.com/forum/archive/for ... #msg-10546

Is the name given above correct or was the name of the commander Tripolskii as written in

https://www.historisches-marinearchiv.d ... value=1107

The second question concerns the position where the ship was torpedoed. Commonly the position is given as 60.21n 18.00e. That can't be correct given that the location is on land! Is it a case of a simple typo?

Best regards,

Jan-Olof
Mark Gurdy
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Re: Sinking of Finnish steamer Jussi H. by submarine S-13 12.9.42

Post by Mark Gurdy » Wed May 05, 2021 8:47 am

Hello,

I have the submarine´s commander name as Pavel Malantyenko (Wikipedia, Soviet submarine S-13) and the sinking location 60.21N 19.00N.

Cheers,

Markku L
jan-olof
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Re: Sinking of Finnish steamer Jussi H. by submarine S-13 12.9.42

Post by jan-olof » Thu May 06, 2021 10:02 pm

Hello Mark,

thank you very much for the information. The sinking location you give seems much more reasonable. It definitely looks like 60.21n 18.00e is a typo.

Best regards,

Jan-Olof
igorr
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Re: Sinking of Finnish steamer Jussi H. by submarine S-13 12.9.42

Post by igorr » Tue May 25, 2021 4:17 am

Tripolsky never commanded S-13, he was commander of 1. submarine division.
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Re: Sinking of Finnish steamer Jussi H. by submarine S-13 12.9.42

Post by jan-olof » Tue May 25, 2021 7:39 pm

Hello Igor,

many thanks for clearing this up.

Best regards,

Jan-Olof
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