Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa22 Chikumi 1941, Germany yakapinda muSoviet Union, uye semhinduro Baltic Fleet yakaisa minda yemigodhi muGulf yeFinland, iine "Artem" ichifamba kubva kuTallinn sechikamu chesimba rekuisa migodhi iro raisanganisirawo magwa anoparadza,, uye uye mineslayers "Marti" uye "Ural". Musi waAugust 2, 1941, "Artem" yakarwiswa zvisina kubudirira nemabhoti eGermany-motor torpedo "S-55" uye "S-58" muGulf of Riga. Musi waAugust 21, "Artem" uye pasina kubudirira akarwisa vatakuri veGermany muGulf of Riga. Pakazosvika August 1941, Tallinn yakanga yakakomberedzwa nemauto eGermany, vaGermany vachitanga kurwisa kwekupedzisira paguta musi wa19 August. Kubviswa kweTallinn neSoviet
kwakatanga musi wa 27 Nyamavhuvhu, nengarava 190 dzakapatsanurwa pakati pemakomoni mana akananga kuKronstadt, ne "Artem" ichiumba chikamu chesimba rekuvhara. Usiku hwaAugust 28/29, makondirakiti akasangana neminda yemineni yakaoma kubva kuCape Juminda. "Artem" yakanyudzwa nomugodhi mukati mousiku ihwohwo, sezvakanga zvakaita magwa ehondo, "Kalinin" uye "Voldarsky", ngarava dzepasi pemvura nhatu, zvikepe zvinotsvaira zvimbambaira zvitatu uye zvikepe zvinotakura zvinhu gumi nezvitatu.