 Armenia, before 1941
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| History | |
|---|---|
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union | |
| Name | Armenia |
| Namesake | Armenia |
| Builder | Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad |
| Commissioned | 1928 |
| Out of service | sunk 7 November 1941 |
| Fate | Sunk by He 111 torpedo bombers |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Adzharia-class |
| Type | transport/hospital ship |
| Tonnage | 4,727 GRT[1] |
| Length | 112 m (367 ft) |
| Beam | 15.5 m (51 ft) |
| Draught | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power | Russkiy Dizel 2 × 1472 |
| Propulsion | twin shaft, 105rpm |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
The Soviet hospital ship Armenia (Russian: теплоход «Армения», romanized: teplokhod "Armeniya") was a transport ship operated by the Soviet Union during World War II to carry both wounded soldiers and military cargo. It had originally been built as a passenger ship for operations on the Black Sea.
Armenia was sunk on 7 November 1941 by German aircraft while evacuating civilians and wounded soldiers from Crimea. It has been estimated that approximately 5,000 to 7,000 people were killed during the sinking, making it one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history. There were only 8 survivors.
- ^ Andrey Nelogov, Soviet Merchant Marine Losses in WW2 (Black Sea) Archived 28 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Ships Nostalgia, 11 November 2012