A spectacular discovery: the wreck destroyer "Moscow", Has found in Constanta (Romania) after 70 years. How the Soviet ship was sunk in 1941
Soviet destroyer wreck "Moscow", sank in 1941 in the Romanian territorial waters, was discovered by a joint team of divers from Ukraine, Russian Federation and Romania
The team worked for almost a month to locate the wreck using sonar and GPS equipment. Destroyer "Moscow", which it was known that sank in Romanian territorial waters, was one of the targets Romanian divers since 30 years.
In June 1941, Soviet naval forces attacked the Romanian coast, opening fire on the port of Constanta. The attack was led by the destroyer "Moscow"and the destroyer "Kharkiv. "
Romanian Navy responded by sending in combat destroyers "Queen Mary" and "Marasti" and managed to repel the attack and help benefit the German coastal battery.
During withdrawal, the destroyer "Moscow" exploded and sank for reasons still unclear. Romanian version was that "Moscow" has struck a sea mine. Another version says that the destroyer was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine accidentally. 69 sailors, including the commander A.B. Tuhov were saved when the Romanian army.
Destroyer "Moscow" had a length of 127.5 meters, a width of 11.7 and loaded to capacity weighed 2623 tonnes.
First images of the wreck will be released on Monday by "Respiro Uderwater Society whose team took part in the identification of the craft.
In June 1941, Soviet naval forces attacked the Romanian coast, opening fire on the port of Constanta. The attack was led by the destroyer "Moscow"and the destroyer "Kharkiv. "
Romanian Navy responded by sending in combat destroyers "Queen Mary" and "Marasti" and managed to repel the attack and help benefit the German coastal battery.
During withdrawal, the destroyer "Moscow" exploded and sank for reasons still unclear. Romanian version was that "Moscow" has struck a sea mine. Another version says that the destroyer was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine accidentally. 69 sailors, including the commander A.B. Tuhov were saved when the Romanian army.
Destroyer "Moscow" had a length of 127.5 meters, a width of 11.7 and loaded to capacity weighed 2623 tonnes.
First images of the wreck will be released on Monday by "Respiro Uderwater Society whose team took part in the identification of the craft.
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