


Lacking 3 Torpedo hits on the Starboard side, and 2 bomb hits, the Stalingrad quickly listed to 5* to starboard. With a low hanging, spotty overcast weather, the Stalingrad did not notice the bombers and raise battle stations until it was to late.

Having just left Murmansk to meet another Lend-Lease Convoy, she was shockingly alone. In 1948, the Stalingrad would come under attack from the German aircraft from the Shütte-Lanz. The Leadship of the Stalingrad-class battle cruisers, the Stalingrad served a relatively mudane service life.Ĭommissioned in 1946, the Stalingrad served a relatively uneventful life, being primarily attached to the North Atlantic Fleet, as apart of fledgling fleet designed to prevent a German attack.
