Soviet submarine L-3
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The World War II Soviet submarine L-3 belonged to the L-class or "Leninets" class of minelayer submarines. It had been named "Frunzovets" before it was decided that submarines should stop having names and carry numbers instead.
L-3 under captain 3rd rank Vladimir Konowalow was one of the most successful Soviet submarines of WW2. On 16 April 1945, it sank the German refugee transport "Goya", an event that (if calculated by loss of life) is deemed to be one of the worst marine disaster ever. 6000 to 7000 people died in the icy waters of the Baltic.
Today, L-3 is on display in Saint Petersburg as a monument.
[edit] Specifications
- Displacement: 1200 tons surfaced, 1335 tons submerged
- Dimensions: length 81 m, width 7.50 m, draft 4.80 m
- 2 diesel engines, total power 1600 hp
- 2 electric motors, total power 1250 hp
- Maximum speed: 14 kn surfaced, 9 kn submerged
- Range: 7400 sm surfaced at 9 kn, 154 submerged at 3 kn
- Torpedoes: 6 x 53.3 cm, 4 bow tubes, 2 stern tubes
- Guns: 1 x 10.0 cm L/68, 1 x 4.5 cm
- Mines: 14, two shafts
