Navy | The Soviet Navy |
Type | Submarine |
Class | L (Leninec) |
Pennant | |
Mod | 1st group (Type II) |
Built by | Marti Yard (Nikolayev, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 198 |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 15 Apr 1930 |
Launched | 3 Nov 1932 |
Commissioned | 9 May 1935 |
Lost | 18 Apr 1944 |
History | Black Sea fleet. Sunk in the Black Sea east of Constanta, Romania in position 43.28N, 31.32E by depth charges from the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 104. |
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Notable events involving L-6 include:
17 Nov 1941
L-6 lays a minefield off Ak-Mechet, Crimea.
20 Jun 1942
The Romanian barge Danubius is sunk when it hits a mine off Ak Mechet, Crimea. The mine was laid by the Soviet submarine L-6 on 17 November 1941.
26 Dec 1942
While on patrol off Karkinitski Bay, Crimea, L-6 fires 2 torpedoes against a convoy made up of the German merchant Saone and the German barges F 176 and F 341. The torpedoes missed their targets.
22 Mar 1943
L-6 fires three torpedoes against the German barges F 469, F 342 and F 326 off Cape Chauda, Crimea in position 44°57'N, 35°51'E. All torpedoes missed their targets.
7 May 1943
L-6 fires two torpedoes against the German tugs Baikal and Amur of the west coast of the Crimea in position 45°15'N, 32°52'E. Both torpedoes missed their targets.
11 Jun 1943
L-6 lays a minefield west off Cape Lukull, Crimea.
25 Nov 1943
L-6 torpedoed and sank the small German tanker Wolga-Don (965 GRT) west of the Crimea in position 45°07'N, 32°08'E.
16 Apr 1944
L-6 fired torpedoes against the Hungarian merchant Kassa (1022 GRT) in the Black Sea east of Constanta, Romania in position 44°17'N, 30°15'E. The torpedoes missed their target.
18 Apr 1944
At 0708 hours L-6 once again fired torpedoes against the Hungarian merchant Kassa (1022 GRT) in the Black Sea in position 43°38'N, 32°13'E. The torpedoes missed their target.
At 1106 hours L-6 fired torpedoes against the Rumanian merchant Alba Julia (5700 BRT) in the Black Sea in position 43°28'N, 31°32'E. The Alba Julia was already damaged and on fire after being attacked by Soviet aircraft. The torpedoes fired by L-6 missed their target and L-6 was sunk during a counter attack.