Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Soviet Navy — Submarine 1938

Soviet submarine K-3 (1938)

Soviet K-class submarine

Displacement
1,466 long tons (1,490 t)
Length
97.7 m (320.5 ft)
Beam
7.4 m (24.3 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Complement
66
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)

Service

  1. Soviet Navy as K-319 December 1940 — 21 March 1943822 days of the war
Soviet K-class submarine Particulars
Name
K-3
Pennant / hull number
1938
Builder
Zavod No. 194, Leningrad
Laid down
27 December 1936
Launched
31 July 1938
Commissioned
19 December 1940
Fate
Sunk around 21 March 1943 (1943)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,466 long tons (1,490 t)
Displacement, submerged
2,071 long tons (2,104 t)
Length
97.7 m (320.5 ft) OA
Beam
7.4 m (24.3 ft)
Draught
4.5 m (14.8 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range
7,500 nmi (13,890 km)
Complement
66
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)

K-3 was a Soviet K-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. She carried the pennant number 1938. Zavod No. 194, Leningrad laid her keel on 27 December 1936. She entered service on 19 December 1940, having been launched on 31 July 1938.

She was one of 15 ships of her class. The class followed the Soviet S-class submarine and was succeeded by the Zulu-class submarine.

The boat displaced 1,466 long tons surfaced and 2,071 long tons submerged. She measured 97.7 m (321 ft) long with a beam of 7.4 m (24 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 66.

Her main battery was two 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.

She was in commission for 822 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 21 March 1943. The wreck survives.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2-shaft diesel electric
Power
  • 8400 PS (diesel)
  • 2400 PS (electric)
Armament
  • 6 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
  • 4 × stern 533 mm torpedo tubes (2 internal, 2 external)
  • 2 × 100 mm deck guns
  • 2 × 45 mm deck guns
  • 20 × mines

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