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L-3

L-3

Survived

Soviet Navy

TypeSubmarine
ClassLeninets
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × bow 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes

Minelaying submarine, the most successful in the Soviet Baltic Fleet. Under Vladimir Konovalov she sank the transport Goya in April 1945. Her conning tower is a memorial in Moscow.

Naval section of G.O.R.A. exhibition complex Photo: MBH, CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × bow 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 20 × mines
  • 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun
BuilderBaltic Works, Leningrad
Launched8 August 1931
Commissioned9 November 1933
Displacement1,051 t (1,034 long tons) (surfaced) 1,327 t (1,306 long tons) (submerged)
Length79 m (259 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (surfaced) 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (submerged)
Complement54

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

8 August 1931

16 April 1945

Vladimir Konovalov

Fate

Survived

Scrapped after 15 February 1971, with conning tower preserved as a memorial