The Baltic Sea has a number of significant differences from the northern seas. Shallow depths are a great difficulty for submarine operations, but on the other hand, they give additional chances of salvation. Which will be confirmed further.
On the day of the German attack on the USSR, the submarines of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet numbered 69 units and were brought together into 3 brigades and a separate training division with a training scuba diving detachment. The 1st brigade was intended for operations in the southern and central part of the Baltic Sea, the 2nd brigade for operations in the Gulf of Finland and Bothnia, the training brigade included all submarines under construction and overhaul. The submarines were based along the entire Soviet Baltic coast, including the territory of the Baltic republics that had just become part of the USSR and the Hanko naval base leased from the Finns.
According to the level of combat readiness, the submarines were divided into three lines. The first included fully combat-ready submarines, that is, they did not have a break in combat training, with the exception of the winter period. Although, starting in 1940, the training was carried out throughout the year without dividing into summer and winter periods, the seasonality in its conduct remained. The second line included submarines under repair or with a significant change in personnel. The third line consisted of newly built and recently commissioned submarines. By the beginning of the war, the Red Banner Baltic Fleet consisted of only 4 submarines of the first line. ("M-78", "M-79", "M-96" and "M-97"). The rest of the submarines were in the second line (26 units) and were considered relatively combat-ready; under repair.
It should be noted that the enemy at this time was not conducting active hostilities in the Baltic. It was believed that there was no need. The main emphasis was placed on the capture of bases by ground forces.
1941 year
At the first stage of the invasion, the Germans stopped their navigation in the Baltic Sea, but three weeks later, by July 12, they restored it in full. So there was no shortage of goals. The actual result of the actions of Soviet submarines in the Baltic in June-July 1941 was the verdicts of military tribunals on the execution of the commanders "S-8" and "Shch-308". The 1st brigade was practically defeated, having lost 13 of its 24 submarines from its composition by September 1941 by the beginning of the war.
The front was rapidly rolling back to the east. The situation at the theater developed so quickly that the boat commanders, going to sea, did not know to which base they would have to return. At the end of August, Soviet troops left the Main Fleet Base Tallinn, and in September the Germans were already at Leningrad. The fleet was again trapped in the Marquis Puddle. Taking into account the current situation, the command of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet took measures to transfer part of the submarines to other theaters. Under construction "babies" of the XV series ("M-200", "M-201", "M-202", "M-203", "M-204", "M-205" and "M-206") were by inland waterways they were transferred to Astrakhan, where by the end of the war three of them were completed. The unfinished S-19, S-20, S-21 and experimental M-401 were also relocated to the Caspian Sea. The L-20 and L-22, which had a high degree of readiness, were transferred to Molotovsk (now Severodvinsk) for completion.
The newest K-22, K-3, S-101 and S-102 were sent to the North. The last three managed in the initial period of the war to make one military campaign in the Baltic.
The actual result of the combat operations of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet submarines in 1941 is the death of one transport with a displacement of 3.784 brt and the U-144 submarine in 26 torpedo attacks. The results of the three attacks are unknown. The mines exposed by Soviet submarines in 1941 may have killed 1 minesweeper and 3 transports (1.816 brt). Artillery damaged 1 ship.
1942 year
The main islands of the Gogland Reach were in the hands of the enemy. This allowed the Germans and Finns to block the access of Soviet submarines to the Baltic Sea. Preparing for the 1942 summer campaign, the enemy set up observation posts, radio direction-finding and hydroacoustic stations on the islands. On May 9, the Germans began laying mines in the Gulf of Finland. Old barriers were renewed and strengthened, new ones were installed. The most extensive and numerous of them were "Nashorn" (between Porkkala-Udd and the island of Naisaar, only 1.915 minutes) and "Seeigel" (east of Gogland, totaling 5.779 minutes, 1.450 mine defenders, 200 subversive bombs). In total, in the spring and summer of 1942, the Germans exposed 12,873 mines in the Gulf of Finland. Together with the mines that were displayed last year, their number in the Gulf of Finland exceeded 21 thousand. More than a hundred different ships and boats were deployed directly at the barriers. Thus, an anti-submarine line with a depth of more than 150 miles was formed.
Despite this, the results of the actions of our submariners were more significant.
According to the data confirmed after the war, 15 ships (32.415 brt) were sunk by torpedoes, 2 (2.061 brt) by artillery, 5 transports (10.907 brt) were killed by mines. A total of 22 vessels (45.383 grt). The losses of the Germans and their allies in the Baltic in 1942 amounted to less than 1% of the cargo turnover. The result seemed insignificant, but it surpasses the result of 41 years. Plus, he forced the Germans and Finns to attract significant resources to escort ships and fight our submarines.
1943 year
The active actions of Soviet submarines in the Baltic in 1942 forced the enemy to take measures to prevent the breakthrough of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet submarines at the communications of the supply of strategic materials and raw materials. For this, it was decided to reliably close the exit from the Gulf of Finland with network barriers, although the procurement of networks was costly. In addition, the Germans and Finns significantly strengthened the PLO forces, expanded and refurbished the minefields.
On March 28, as soon as the ice melted in the western part of the Gulf of Finland, the installation of nets began. During April - May one and a half hundred German and Finnish ships and boats were engaged in the equipment of anti-submarine barriers. Mine laying was carried out at the same time. To protect the network from damage during storms, its height did not reach the bottom, but in order to prevent submarines from passing between the ground and the network, it was planned to install bottom mines. By May 9, the equipment of the anti-submarine line was completed. In addition to the nets, the enemy installed, in addition to those already available, 9834 mines and 11244 mine defenders. Submarines began to die one after another. Indicative is the complete inaction of the command of the Baltic Fleet, which made absolutely no effort to disrupt the laying of mine and network barriers.
In connection with the death of five trained crews, the Red Banner Baltic Fleet command finally decided to refrain from further sending submarines at sea. The only exceptions were the "little ones", who made several campaigns with the task of conducting reconnaissance and landing reconnaissance groups on the islands of Gogland and Bolshoi Tyuters. Two "babies" were transferred to Lake Ladoga, where they were also mainly engaged in reconnaissance and landing reconnaissance groups on enemy territory. During the entire 1943 campaign of the year, the Red Banner Baltic Fleet submarines conducted only two torpedo attacks, which were unsuccessful.
1944 and 1945
Throughout the first half of 1944, KBF submarines carried out combat training and repairs. The Gulf of Finland was blocked by nets, therefore, taking into account the experience of the previous year, there could be no question of an attempt to force the anti-submarine line. The exception was five submarines operating on Lake Ladoga. At the end of June, they made several campaigns in the interests of the troops of the Karelian Front.
The situation changed dramatically in early September, when Finland withdrew from the war. Although the M-96 sent to reconnoitre the state of the enemy ASW in Narva Bay went missing, probably being blown up by the Seeigel mine barrage, very soon, with the formal consent of the Finnish authorities, the Red Banner Baltic Fleet submarines were able to enter the open part of the Baltic. The crossings were carried out along the Finnish skerry fairways with the participation of Finnish pilots. A naval base was deployed in Porkkkala-Udd. Soviet submarines began to be based at Hanko, Helsinki and Turku. On September 22, 1944, the Red Army liberated the capital of Estonia. The German anti-submarine line was losing its significance. On September 26, Sweden cut off supplies of iron ore to Germany, depriving the Reich of essential strategic raw materials.
Modern calculations of the sunk enemy ships look like this: in 1944, the Baltic submariners sunk 16 transports (35.580 grt), 1 ship and 1 auxiliary ship, in 1945 - 10 transport ships (59.410 grt) and 4 ships.
Bottom line: during the hostilities, the Baltic submariners sank 52 transports and 8 ships (142,189 brt).
Our losses amounted to 46 boats. The statistics are as follows:
Mines killed - 18
Destroyed by enemy ships - 5
Torpedoed by enemy boats - 5
Blown up by their crews - 6
Destroyed by aircraft - 1
Destroyed by land shelling - 1
Missing - 10 (most likely, the reason is mines).
1941-23-06. "M-78" (commander Senior Lieutenant D. L. Shevchenko). During the transition from Libava to Ust-Dvinsk, paired with the M-77 near Vindava, it was torpedoed in the area at the point with coordinates 57 ° 28 'N; 21 ° 17'E German submarine "U-144" (commander Lieutenant Commander Gerdt von Mittelstadt). Killed 16 people (the entire crew), including the commander of the 4th Division of the submarine Lieutenant-Commander SI Matveev. Found in 1999 by a joint Latvian-Swedish expedition at a depth of 60 m.
She did not make any military campaigns.
1941-23-06. "M-71" (commander Lieutenant-Commander L. N. Kostylev). Was under repair at the Tosmare plant in Libau. Blown up by the crew due to the danger of being captured by the enemy.
Almost all of the submarine's personnel went missing in the battles for Libau.
She did not make any military campaigns.
1941-23-06. "M-80" (commander Lieutenant Commander F. A. Mochalov). Was under repair at the Tosmare plant in Libau. Blown up by the crew due to the danger of being captured by the enemy.
She did not make any military campaigns.
1941-23-06. "S-1" (commander Lieutenant Commander IT Morskoy). Was under repair at the Tosmare plant in Libau. Blown up by the crew due to the danger of being captured by the enemy. The crew, led by the commander, left the city for the S-3 submarine.
She did not make any military campaigns.
1941-23-06. "Ronis" (commander Lieutenant-Commander AI Madisson). Was under repair at the Tosmare plant in Libau. Blown up by the crew due to the danger of being captured by the enemy.
She did not make any military campaigns.
1941-23-06. "Spidola" (commander Senior Lieutenant V. I. Boytsov). Was under repair at the Tosmare plant in Libau. Blown up by the crew due to the threat of capture by the enemy.
She did not make any military campaigns.
24.06.1941. "S-3" (commander Lieutenant Commander N. A. Kostromichev). At about 23 o'clock on June 23, without completing the repairs and not being able to dive, she left Libava. The crew of the S-1 submarine (40 people), headed by the commander, and workers of the Tosmare plant (about 20 people) were taken on board. At about 6 o'clock in the morning of the next day, it was intercepted by the top-speed boats "S-35" and "S-60" and after an hour and a half artillery battle was sunk. According to the enemy, three prisoners were taken (some sources say 9 people were captured). The body of the boat commander, Lieutenant-Commander Kostromichev, was nailed to the island of Saarema, where he was buried.
Killed 42 crew members of the "S-3", 40 crew members of the "S-1" and an unknown number of workers, representatives of enterprises of Leningrad, sent to the shipyard "Tosmare".
She did not make any military campaigns.
1941-25-06. "M-83" (commander Senior Lieutenant P. M. Shalaev). Since June 22, the boat has been in base patrol at Libava. On June 25, as a result of an aviation attack, she suffered damage to the periscope and was forced to return to the base when street battles were already going on in Libau. After receiving damage for the second time and not being able to leave, she took an artillery battle, and at the end of the ammunition was blown up by the crew. In the battles for Libau, virtually the entire crew (with the exception of 4 people) of the submarine, led by the commander, died, disappeared or was captured.
1 military campaign.
22.06.1941. – 25.06.1941.
I didn’t go on the attack.
1941-27-06. "M-99" (commander Senior Lieutenant BM Popov). Torpedoed near Ute Island at 59 ° 20'N / 21 ° 12'E German submarine "U-149" (commander Lieutenant Commander Horst Höltring). 20 people were killed (the entire crew).
2 military campaigns.
22.06.1941 – 23.06.1941
24.06.1941 – +
I did not go into torpedo attacks.
1941-29-06. "S-10" (commander Captain 3rd Rank B. K. Bakunin). Missing in action. On June 23, she took a position towards Pillau. On June 25, in the Danzig Bay, the boat was attacked by enemy anti-aircraft missile forces. On June 28, she reported that she could not dive and, pursued by boats, went to Libau. In the morning of the next day, a message was received from the S-10 - “I am in distress. I need immediate help. " I didn't get in touch anymore. Probably, she died as a result of the received damage inflicted by the enemy's anti-aircraft defense forces, or a mine explosion, since the battle on June 29, according to German data, was not recorded. 41 people died.
She died in the first military campaign.
1941-01-07. "M-81" (Commander Lieutenant Commander F. A. Zubkov). While traveling with a detachment of ships in the wake of the Irtysh floating base from Kuivaste to Paldiski, it was blown up by a mine in the area of the Laine bank in the Mukhuvain Strait. 12 crew members were killed, 3 people were rescued. Raised in 1965. The crew is buried in Riga.
Made one military campaign. I didn’t go on the attack.
1941-21-07. "M-94" (commander Senior Lieutenant NV Dyakov). Torpedoed by the German submarine U-140 (commander Lieutenant-Commander Hans Jürgen Heyrigel) in the Soela Väin Strait south of the Ristna lighthouse. The torpedo hit the stern of the boat, and since the depth at the place of death did not exceed 20 meters, the M-94 sank astern with a 60 ° trim so that the bow of the boat remained on the surface by 3-4 meters and remained in this position for about two hours … The M-98, which was sailing in pairs, took three people off the bow, including the commander, and eight more managed to leave the boat through the conning tower. 8 people were killed. Some sources attribute the M-94 attack to U-149.
2 military campaigns.
25.06.1941 – 29.06.1941.
21.07.1941 - +
I did not go into torpedo attacks.
1941-02-08. "S-11" (commander Lieutenant Commander A. M. Sereda). When returning from the campaign, it was blown up by a magnetic bottom mine in the Soela Vain Strait. Killed 46 crew members. Three people managed to get out of the boat through a torpedo tube. Raised in 1957. The remains of a part of the crew are buried in Riga.
She died in the first military campaign.
end 08.1941. "S-6" (commander Lieutenant Commander NN Kulygin). Missing in action. Perhaps she was killed by a mine in the Gulf of Finland or sunk by aircraft on August 30, 1941 in Tagalakht Bay (off the western coast of Saarema Island). 48 people died. Found on the ground in July 1999.
2 combat campaigns
23.06.1941 – 14.07.1941.
02.08.1941 – +
I didn’t go on the attack.
28.08.1941. "Shch-301" ("Pike") (commander Lieutenant-Commander IV Grachev). Was blown up by a mine during a breakthrough from Tallinn to Kronstadt in the area of Cape Juminda. Sank after removing part of the crew. The mines were placed by the Vesikhisi submarine or the Riilahti and Ruotsinsalmi minelayers, according to the Soviet side, it was blown up by a floating mine. The total loss of the crew was 34 people.
1 military campaign.
10.08.1941 - 28.08.1941
3 futile torpedo attacks.
28.08.1941. "S-5" (commander Captain 3rd Rank A. A. Bashchenko). It was blown up by a mine during a breakthrough from Tallinn to Kronstadt in the area of Vaindlo Island while following as part of the Detachment of the main forces. 9 (according to other sources, 5 or 10) people were rescued, including the commander of the 1st Brigade of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet submarine N. G. The submarine killed 33 crew members, and part of the headquarters of the 1st brigade of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet submarine.
2 combat campaigns
24.06.1941 – 10.07.1941
06.08.1941 – 24.08.1941
1 unsuccessful torpedo attack.
25-28.08.1941. "M-103" (commander Senior Lieutenant G. A. Zhavoronkov). Killed by a mine 8 miles north of the island of Vormsi with the entire crew (20 people). Discovered at the bottom in 1999.
2 combat campaigns
08.07.1941 – 20.07.1941
13.08.1941 – +
I did not go into torpedo attacks.
09-10.09.1941. "P-1" ("Pravda"), (commander Lieutenant-Commander IA Loginov). Killed by a mine 6, 2 miles south of Kalbodagrund lighthouse. 55 people died.
She died in the first military campaign.
end 09.1941. "Shch-319" (Commander Lieutenant Commander NS Agashin). Missing in action. On September 19, she went on a military campaign to a position to Libau, but did not report a breakthrough to the Baltic. 38 people were killed.
She died in the first military campaign.
1941-23-09. "M-74" (at the time of death it was on conservation). Sunk during a German air raid at the exit from the middle harbor of Kronstadt. In 1942, it was lifted and put into storage, but on December 2, 1944, it was sent for disassembly.
She did not make any military campaigns.
10.1941. "S-8" (commander Lieutenant-Commander I. Ya. Braun). She died on the Wartburg mine barrage 10 miles southeast of the Nesby lighthouse (southern tip of the island of Öland). 49 people were killed. Found in July 1999 at a location with coordinates: 56 ° 10, 7 'N; 16 ° 39.8 'N
2 military campaigns.
15.07.1941 – 06.08.1941
11.10.1941 – +
I did not go into torpedo attacks.
1941-12-10. "Shch-322" (commander Lieutenant-Commander VA Ermilov). She died on a mine west of Gogland Island in the Gulf of Finland. 37 people were killed.
2 military campaigns.
13.07.1941 – 03.08.1941
11.10.1941 – +
There are no victories.
1941-30-10 - 1941-01-11. "Kalev" (commander Lieutenant-Commander BA Nyrov). Missing in action. On October 29, she went on a military campaign with the task of landing a reconnaissance group in the Tallinn area and setting a minefield. I didn't get in touch anymore. 56 people died.
2 combat campaigns
08.08.1941 – 21.08.1941
29.10.1941 – +
1 unsuccessful mine setting (10 min).
1941-09-11. "L-1" ("Leninist"), (commander Captain 3rd Rank SS Mogilevsky). Was under renovation. Stood on the Neva in Leningrad. Damaged by shelling and sank from damage in a sturdy hull. Raised and scrapped in 1944.
She did not make any military campaigns.
06-10.11.1941. "Shch-324" (commander Lieutenant-Commander GITarkhnishvili). Missing in action. Probably killed by a mine in the western part of the Gulf of Finland. 39 people were killed.
2 combat campaigns:
24.07.1941 – 12.08.1941.
02.11.1941 – +
1941-14-11. "L-2" ("Stalinist") (commander Lieutenant-Commander A. P. Chebanov). Followed on a mine setting as part of the fourth convoy to Hanko. Was blown up by a mine in the area of Keri Island in the Gulf of Finland. Killed 50, rescued 3 people.
She died in the first military campaign.
1941-14-11. "M-98" (commander Lieutenant-Commander II Bezzubikov). Killed by a mine near Keri Island in the Gulf of Finland while escorting the fourth convoy on Hanko. 18 people were killed.
4 military campaigns.
I did not go into torpedo attacks.
1942-13-06. "Shch-405" (Commander Captain 3rd Rank IV Grachev). Was blown up by a mine near the island of Seskar during the transition on the surface from Kronstadt to Lavensaari, or died as a result of an accident. 36 people died.
2 military campaigns.
21.07.1941 – 15.08.1941
11.06.1942 – +
I did not go into torpedo attacks.
1942-15-06. "M-95" (commander Lieutenant-Commander LP Fedorov). Was blown up by a mine and died in the area of the island of Suursari. 20 people were killed.
4 military campaigns.
1 erroneous torpedo attack (2 torpedoes fired).
1942-12-07. "Shch-317" (commander Lieutenant-Commander NK Mokhov). Sunk by depth charges from the Swedish destroyer Stockholm north of the island of Öland. Found on the ground at a point with coordinates 57 ° 52 'N / 16 ° 55' E in 1999. 42 people were killed.
2 combat campaigns
27.09.1941 – 16.10.1941
09.06.1942 – +
3 transports (5.878 brt) were sunk, 1 transport (2.405 brt) was damaged. 1 ship may have died in an accidental collision with a submarine. In some sources, the total tonnage of the four transports is 6.080 grt. According to the official data of the Soviet side, the Shch-317 has five destroyed ships with a total displacement of 10.931 or 10.997 brt.
1942-16-06 TR "Argo" (2.513 brt).
1942-22-06 TR "Ada Gorton" (2.399 brt).
1942-08-07 TR "Otto Cords" (966 brt).
02-11.09.1942. "M-97" (Commander Lieutenant Commander NV Dyakov). Exploded at the Nashorn mine barrage southwest of Porkkalan Kallboda. The entire crew (20 people) was killed. In 1997, it was discovered on the ground at a point with coordinates 59 ° 50 'north latitude / 24 ° 30' east longitude.
5 military campaigns
Made 2 unsuccessful torpedo attacks with the release of 2 torpedoes.
03-06.10.1942. "Shch-320" (Commander Captain 3rd Rank IM Vishnevsky). Missing in action. 40 people were killed.
4 combat campaigns
4 torpedo attacks (7 torpedoes fired). Sunk 1 TN (677 brt)
1942-05-07. TN Anna Katrin Fritzen (677 brt).
According to official data from the Soviet side, "Shch-320" sunk 3 enemy ships with a total displacement of 22,000 tons.
11-13.10.1942. "Shch-302" ("Okun"), (commander Lieutenant-Commander VD Nechkin). Exploded on the Seeigel mine barrage north of the island of Suur Tutrsaari.37 people were killed.
1 military campaign.
10.10.1942 - +
There are no victories.
12-14.10.1942. "Shch-311" ("Kumzha"), (Commander Captain 3rd Rank A. S. Pudyakov). Barrage mine "Nashorn-11". 40 people were killed.
4 military campaigns.
Four consecutive torpedo attacks (5 torpedoes fired). One artillery attack (20 45mm shells fired). Presumably 1 transport was damaged.
1942-21-10. "S-7" (commander 3rd rank captain SP Lisin) torpedoed submarine Vesikhiisi (commander lieutenant captain O. Aytola) 10-15 miles north of Soderarm lighthouse in the Aland Sea. 42 people were killed, 4 people were rescued, including the commander. In 1993 found at a point with coordinates 59 ° 50, 7 'N / 19 ° 32, 2' E. and surveyed at a depth of 30-40 m by Swedish divers.
5 military campaigns.
4 ships sunk (9.164 grt), damaged 1 transport (1.938 grt)
1942-09-07 TR "Margareta" (1.272 brt)
1942-14-07 TR "Lulea" "(5.611 brt)
1942-30-07 TR "Kathe" (1.559 brt)
1942-05-08 TR "Pohjanlahti" (682 brt)
1942-27-07 TR "Ellen Larsen" (1.938 brt), damaged.
10.1942. "Shch-308" ("Salmon"), (commander Captain 3rd Rank L. N. Kostylev). Missing in action. The entire crew of the boat (40 people) was killed.
2 combat campaigns
21.07.1941 – 09.08.1941
18.09.1942 – +
3-4 unsuccessful torpedo attacks.
after 1942-29-10. "Shch-304" ("Komsomolets"), (commander Captain 3rd Rank Ya. P. Afanasyev). Died at the mine barrage "Nashorn" with the entire crew (40 people).
2 military campaigns.
09.06.1942 - 30.06.1942
27.10.1942 - +
At least 2 unsuccessful torpedo attacks (3 torpedoes fired)
1942-05-11. "Shch-305" ("Lin"), (commander Captain 3rd Rank DM Sazonov). Taranena of the Finnish submarine "Vetekhinen" (commander Lieutenant-Commander O. Leiko) northeast of Simpnas in the Aland Sea. 39 people were killed.
25.06.1941. – 07.07.1941.
17.10.1942. – +
Didn't attack.
12-16.11.1942. "Shch-306" ("Haddock"), (commander Lieutenant-Commander N. I. Smolyar). Missing in action. Killed 39 people (the entire crew).
2 combat campaigns
25.06.1941 – 07.07.1941
20.10.1941 - +
2 to 5 torpedo attacks.
There is no reliable data on the results.
1943-01-05. "Shch-323" (Commander 2nd Rank Captain A. G. Andronov). Exploded on a bottom mine in the Marine Canal of Leningrad. Killed 39, rescued 5 people. Raised and scrapped in 1944.
2 combat campaigns
13.07.1941 – 04.08.1941
10.10.1941 – 10.11.1941
7 torpedo attacks with the release of 8 torpedoes.
1941-16-10. PB "Baltenland" (3.724 brt).
Maybe Shch-323 torpedoes hit another 1-3 targets (attacks on October 30, November 3 and 5, 1941).
1943-23-05. "Shch-408" (commander Lieutenant-Commander PS Kuzmin). After a long pursuit, she was sunk by a group of Finnish ships, including the Riilahti and Ruotsinsalmi minelayers, and by aviation in the area of the Vaindlo lighthouse. According to the official Soviet version, she was forced to surface and engage in an artillery battle with five German patrol boats. (Killed 40 people).
She died in the first military campaign.
1943-01-06. "Shch-406" (Commander 3rd Rank Captain E. A. Osipov). Missing in action. 40 people were killed.
4 military campaigns.
Carried out 12 torpedo attacks with the release of 18 torpedoes.
According to confirmed data, she sank 2 ships (3.855 grt), 1 ship (545 grt) was damaged. The results of 3 attacks need to be confirmed.
1942-07-07 the result is unknown.
1942-08-07 PMSh "Fides" (545 brt) - damaged.
1942-25-07 the result is unknown.
1942-26-10 the result is unknown.
1942-29-10 TR "Bengt Sture" (872 brt)
1942-01-11 TR "Agness" (2.983 brt)
after 1943-01-08. "S-12" (commander Captain 3rd Rank A. A. Bashchenko). Missing in action. 46 people died.
2 combat campaigns
19.09.1942 – 18.11.1942
21.07.1943 – +
Damaged 2 vehicles (12.859 brt)
1942-21-10 TR "Sabine Howald" (5.956 brt) - damaged.
1942-27-10 TR "Malgash" (6.903 brt) - damaged.
after 1943-12-08. "S-9" (commander Captain 3rd Rank AI Mylnikov). Missing in action. 46 people died.
5 military campaigns
Result: 2 vessels damaged (7.837 grt)
1942-18-09 TN "Mittelmeer" (6.370 brt) - damaged.
1942-28-09 TR "Hornum" (1.467 brt) - damaged
07-09.09.1944. "M-96" (commander Lieutenant-Commander NI Kartashev). Missing in action. 22 people were killed.
7 military campaigns
1 unsuccessful torpedo attack with the release of 1 torpedo.
1945-01-04. "S-4" (Commander 3rd Rank Captain A. A. Klyushkin). Most likely, she died with the entire crew (49 people) as a result of an accidental collision with the T-3 destroyer at 51 ° 56 'N / 19 ° 39' E. or rammed by the German destroyer T-33 at the Brewsterort lighthouse in Danzig Bay on 6 January.
6 hikes.
Performed at least 9 torpedo attacks (19 torpedoes fired) resulting in sunk:
1941-10-08 TN "Kaya" (3.223 brt) - presumably
1944-12-10 RT "Taunus" (218 brt) or TSC "M-3619"
1944-13-10 TN "Terra" (1.533 brt)
1944-20-10 RT "Zolling" (260 brt) - presumably.
Eternal memory to Soviet submariners
And I will return to the command of the fleet. Because if naval commanders were at the head of the fleet, the losses could be immeasurably less, and the effectiveness is higher. And the Germans would not have carried ore from Sweden until 1945, providing themselves with metal. But this is a little later.
