Soviet submarine K-3 (1938)

History
design of the class

Name:	K-3
Laid down:	27 December 1936
Launched:	31 July 1938
Commissioned:	27 November 1940
Fate:	Sunk on 21 March 1943 by German submarine chasers
General characteristics
Displacement:	1490 tons surfaced 2600 tons submerged
Length:	97.65 m
Beam:	7.4m
Draft:	4.51m
Propulsion:	2-shaft diesel electric, 8400-hp diesel, 2400-hp electric
Speed:	surface - up to 22,5 knots submerged - 10 knots
Range:	14,000 nm at 11 knots
Test depth:	230 ft (70 m)
Complement:	67 (10 officers)
Armament:	6 × bow torpedo tubes 2 × stern torpedo tubes 2 × external stern torpedo tubes(24 torpedoes) 2 × 100 mm guns, 2 - 45mm guns, 20 mines
Service record
Part of:	Northern Fleet

Soviet submarine K-3 was a K-class submarine of the Soviet Navy during World War II.

Operational history

At first located in the Baltic Sea, she was relocated to the Northern Fleet on 8 November 1941. She engaged enemy shipping with torpedoes, with gunfire, and as minelayer.

On 3 December 1941, after a failed torpedo attack, K-3 was damaged by depth charges from the German submarine chasers UJ-1403, UJ-1416, and UJ-1708. K-3 was forced to surface and engaged in a gun battle the three attacking units, sinking UJ-1708 and forcing the other two ships to withdraw.

Loss

K-3 was sunk on 21 March 1943 by depth charges from the German submarine chasers UJ-1102, UJ-1106, and UJ-1111.

Ships sunk by *K-3* ^[1]
Date	Ship	Tonnage	Notes
3 December 1941	UJ-1708	470 GRT	Submarine chaser(artillery)
30 January 1942	Ingøy	327 GRT	Freighter (mine)^[2]
9 July 1942	UJ-1110	527 GRT	Submarine chaser(mine)(also claimed by K-21)
5 February 1943	UJ-1108	462 GRT	Submarine chaser(torpedo)
12 February 1943	Fechenheim	8,116 GRT	Freighter (mine)(damaged beyond repair)
Total:		9,902 GRT

References

↑ "K-3 of the Soviet Navy - Soviet Submarine of the K (Katjusa) class - Allied Warships of WWII". Uboat.net. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
↑ "Norwegian Homefleet WW II - D/S Ingøy". Warsailors.com. Retrieved 2016-01-12.

K-class submarine

K-1 K-2 K-3 K-21 K-22 K-23 K-51 K-52 K-53 K-54 K-55 K-56

List of Soviet and Russian submarines List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1943

Shipwrecks	2 Mar: Kyokusei Maru, Meriwether Lewis 3 Mar: Aiyo Maru, Arashio, Doggerbank, Kembu Maru, Shirayuki, Sin-ai Maru, Stag Hound, Taimei Maru 4 Mar: Asashio, City of Pretoria, Marietta E, Tokitsukaze, U-87 5 Mar: Empire Tower, USS Grampus, Minegumo, Murasame 8 Mar: ′s Jacob, James B. Stephens, U-156 10 Mar: U-633 11 Mar: HMS Harvester, U-432, U-444 12 Mar: HMS Lightning, HMS Turbulent, U-130 13 Mar: Clan Alpine, Empress of Canada, U-163 14 Mar: HMS Thunderbolt 15 Mar: USS Triton 16 Mar: Benjamin Harrison 19 Mar: Lulworth Hill, U-5, U-384 21 Mar: K-3, U-163 22 Mar: U-524, U-665 23 Mar: Delfino, Windsor Castle 24 Mar: Bungsberg 25 Mar: U-469 27 Mar: HMS Dasher, U-169 28 Mar: Caterina Costa, Ceuta, Masaya 29 Mar: U-77 30 Mar: SS Empire Bowman, U-416

Other incidents	19 Mar: HMS Derwent

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