Navy | The Soviet Navy |
Type | Submarine |
Class | A (AG) |
Pennant | |
Built by | |
Ordered | 14 Sep 1916 |
Laid down | 11 Jul 1921 |
Launched | 5 Apr 1922 |
Commissioned | 24 May 1922 |
Lost | 28 Oct 1943 |
Loss position | 46° 10'N, 31° 55'E |
History | Black Sea fleet. Previous names: AG-25, PL-18, Marxist (#14). Made 19 war patrols during WWII. Most lilkely sunk on 28 October 1943 by German auxiliary anti-submarine ship Shiff 19 at Karkinit Bay in position 46º10'N, 31º55'E. |
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Notable events involving A-3 include:
2 May 1942
A-3 fired torpedoes at the German merchants Arkadia (1756 GRT) and Salzburg (1742 GRT) off Odessa. The targets are not hit.
29 May 1942
A-3 torpedoed and sank the Rumanian merchant Sulina (3495 GRT) off Odessa in position 46°31'N, 30°52'E.
11 May 1943
A-3 fires two torpedoes at the German barges Mal 1, Mal 2 and Mal 3 off Yalta in position 44°22'N, 34°05'E. The targets are not hit.
12 May 1943
While on patrol of the Crimea A-3 mistakenly fires two torpedoes at the wreck of the Soviet transport Fabritsius(3721 GRT) in position 44°51'N, 35°08'E. The Fabritsius was sunk on 2 March 1942 by a German torpedo bomber.