| History | |
|---|---|
 Norway | |
| Name | Activ |
| Operator | A/S Alliance (A.C. Hein & Son) |
| Port of registry | Arendal |
| Builder | Stavanger Støberi & Dokk,Stavanger |
| Completed | July 1909 |
| Fate | Sold to Soviet Russia in 1918 |
 Soviet Union | |
| Name | Revoljucija |
| Operator | Severnoje Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parokhodstvo (SGMP) |
| Port of registry | Arkhangelsk |
| Acquired | 1918 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 3 December 1944 |
| General characteristics[1] | |
| Tonnage | 433 |
| Propulsion | single screw |
| Crew | 23 |
Revoljucija (Revolution) was aSovietsteam merchant that was sunk by the German submarineU-1163 duringWorld War II.[1]
TheRevoljucija was originally a Norwegian-owned vessel named theActiv. She was completed in 1909 and belonged to the A/S Alliance (A.C. Hein & Son). Her home port wasArendal from 1909 to 1918 when she was sold to the then unrecognizedSoviet Russia. Upon acquiring her, the Soviets renamed her theRevoljucija (Russian forRevolution). Her new operators were Severnoje Gosudarstvennoe Morskoe Parokhodstvo (SGMP) and her new home port wasArkhangelsk.[1]
During World War II, theRevoljucija served as a member of convoyKB-35 that transferred supplies from the United States to the Russian port of Arkhangelsk and Murmansk. On 2 December 1944, theRevoljucija leftKola Bay along with the other member of the KB-35 convoy, the Soviet steam merchantKama. The two steam merchants were under the escort of the patrol shipSKR-20 and the minesweeperT-884 (No 38). Upon reaching theLitskie Islands theRevoljucija's engines broke down and the ship was forced to stop, leaving the other steamer to continue on to Arkhangelsk along with the patrol ship whileT-884 (No 38) was to remain with theRevoljucija in order to protect her from any German submarines. In the early morning hours of 3 December, theGerman submarine U-1163 encountered the strandedRevoljucija and the minesweeper. The U-boat fired a torpedo at the group, thinking that they were patrol vessels. The initial torpedo missed its target. A few minutes after the first torpedo missed,U-1163 fired another torpedo at the two ships, hitting the hull of theRevoljucija and causing her to sink in 20 seconds with the loss of all 23 of her crew.[1][2][3]
68°44′N37°49′E / 68.733°N 37.817°E /68.733; 37.817
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