Soviet submarine K-3 (1938)

design of the class

History
Soviet Union
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[edit]

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 a 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[edit]

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  | Flag  | Tonnage  | Notes

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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 |

K-3 is the fifteenth-highest-scoring Soviet submarine (not counting ships sunk by mines she laid), with 9,048 GRT sunk.

## References[edit]

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

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* K-2
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* K-21
* K-22
* K-23
* K-51
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* K-53
* K-54
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* K-56

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1943

Shipwrecks|

* 2 Mar: Kyokusei Maru, Meriwether Lewis
* 3 Mar: Aiyo Maru, Arashio, Doggerbank, Kembu Maru, Oigawa 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, Richard Bland, Nailsea Court
* 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, Suwa Maru
* 29 Mar: U-77
* 30 Mar: SS Empire Bowman, U-416
* Unknown date: Sirène

Other incidents|

* 8 Mar: Ro-103
* 13 Mar: USS R-6
* 19 Mar: HMS Derwent
* Unknown date: USS Scorpion

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