S-3 - Soviet diesel-electric torpedo submarine of the IX series, C - “Medium” of the Second World War . Laid down on April 25, 1935 at plant number 189 under slipway number 268. Launched on December 30, 1936, it entered service on July 13, 1938 . In April 1936, the proposal to name the Kalininets boat was considered. There was no renaming. Until September 20, 1937 it was called "N-3" ("N" - German).
| S-3 | |
|---|---|
| Ship history | |
| Flag state |  the USSR |
| Port of registry | Tallinn |
| Launching | December 30, 1936 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | sunk on June 24, 1941 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Type of ship | Medium submarine |
| Project designation | series IX |
| Speed (surface) | 19.5 knots |
| Speed (underwater) | 9.6 knots |
| Working depth | 80 m |
| Immersion depth | 100 m |
| Autonomy of swimming | 30 days |
| Crew | 36-45 people |
| Dimensions | |
| Surface displacement | 866.1 t |
| Underwater displacement | 1107.8 t |
| The length is the greatest (on design basis) | 77.7 m |
| The width of the body naib. | 6.4 m |
| Average draft (on design basis) | 4 m |
| Power point | |
| Diesel-electric. 2 diesel engines MAN M6 V49 / 48 for 2,000 liters. with. , two electric motors of 550 liters. with. | |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | one 100 mm gun one 45 mm gun |
| Torpedo mine weapons | 6 torpedo tubes (4 in the bow and 2 in the stern), a total supply of 12 torpedoes of 533 mm caliber. |
| Air defense | 2 light machine guns |
Service History
Soviet-Finnish War
First trip
The beginning of the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940, P-3 met under the command of Captain-Lieutenant K. I. Malofeev in the 13th division of the 1st submarine brigade. On November 30, the boat went to sea and took a position in the Kalmarzund Strait. December 8, S-3 returned to base.
Second Campaign
A few days later, the boat embarked on a second campaign, taking up a position on the Åland Islands by December 14 . On December 17, S-3 fired at two German steamers, Gilhausen and Pinnas, but could not catch them. One of the ships received light damage from fragments of 45-mm shells. The 100 mm gun was inoperative due to a rusted trigger. On December 22, the boat returned from a hike to the base.
World War II
The beginning of the Great Patriotic War S-3 met in Libau during the passage of secondary repairs.
By June 23, 1941, German troops came close to the city, so the S-3 that had not completed repairs at midnight on June 24 went to sea, heading for Ust-Dvinsk . On board, in addition to the full-time crew, were members of the S-1 crew and workers of the Tosmare plant. In total there were about 100 people on the boat. S-3 was able to reach speeds of up to 5 knots, the boat could not sink. At 2:32, C-3 was discovered and attacked by German torpedo boats S-60 and S-35. The torpedo attack by the last two torpedoes at 2:42 failed, and the ships entered into an artillery battle. At 03:20, hand grenades and 3 depth charges were dropped from boats onto the boat. At 3:24, the “S-35” caught the first enemy sailors, at which time one of the “S-60” hand grenades hit the submarine’s superstructure. She began to burn, the commander of the submarine died. At 3:29, the S-60 lowered the boat to immediately capture the submarine if it lost speed. At 3:35, the submarine ceased fire, but retained full speed, with a slight roll and rudder jammed in the low-angle position on the starboard side. At 3:39, the S-60 boat dropped a depth bomb placed at shallow depth two meters in front of the S-3 bow, and a heavily damaged boat began to sink. About 20 survivors were caught. The body of the boat commander was found and buried on the island of Saaremaa .
Links
Literature
- Morozov M. E., Kulagin K. L. "Eski" in battle. Submarines Marinesco, Schedrina, Lisina. - M .: Collection, Yauza, EKSMO, 2008 .-- 128 p. - ISBN 978-5-699-25627-3 .
- Chirva E.V. Submarine war in the Baltic. 1939-1945.-M.: Yauza, Eksmo, 2009.
- Kemnade F. Asa "Schnellbotov." Hitler's torpedo boats in battle / Transl. with him. N. Vlasov. - M .: Yauza-press, 2012 .-- S. 79-80. - 352 p. - (World War II. Life and death on the eastern front). - 2500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-9955-0421-4 .