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- 2 × electric motors (1,250 hp total)
- 2 shafts
| 14|kn|km/h}} surfaced- {{Convert|9|kn|km/h}} submerged
| 7400|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{Convert|9|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} surfaced- {{Convert|154|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{Convert|3|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} submerged
| Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship complement=53 | 100|mm|in|abbr=on}} L/68 gun- 1 × {{Convert|45|mm|in|abbr=on}} gun
- 6 × {{Convert|533|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
- 12 × torpedoes
- 14 × mines
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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 Bolshevik and later Frunzenets, before it was decided that submarines should stop having names and carry numbers instead.[1] Under Captain of the 3rd Rank Vladimir Konovalov, L-3 was one of the most successful Soviet submarines of World War II. 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 disasters ever, when 6,000 to 7,000 people died in the icy waters of the Baltic Sea. After the dismantling of the submarine, part of it was used as the monument in Liepāja, though the monument was relocated to Moscow in 1995. Today, the conning tower of L-3 is on display in Moscow as a monument in Park Pobedy ("Victory Park") at Poklonnaya Gora museum.[2] Ships sunk by L-3[3] | Date | Ship | Flag | Tonnage | Notes |
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| 1 October 1941 | Kaija | Latvia}} | 1876 GRT | freighter (mine) | | 19 November 1941 | Henny | Nazi Germany}} | 764 GRT | freighter (mine) | | 22 November 1941 | Uno | Sweden}} | 430 GRT | tanker (mine-unconfirmed) | | 26 November 1941 | Engerau | Nazi Germany}} | 1142 GRT | freighter (mine) | | 18 August 1942 | C.F. Liljevalch | Sweden}} | 5492 GRT | freighter (torpedo) | | 25 August 1942 | Franz Bohmke | Nazi Germany}} | 210 GRT | freighter (mine) | | 17 November 1942 | Hindenburg | Nazi Germany}} | 7880 GRT | freighter (mine) | | 9 December 1942 | Edith Bosselmann | Nazi Germany}} | 952 GRT | freighter (mine) | | 5 February 1943 | Tristan | Nazi Germany}} | ? GRT | freighter (mine - probably) | | 5 February 1943 | Grundsee | Nazi Germany}} | 866 GRT | freighter (mine - probably) | | 30 March 1943 | U-416 | Nazi Germany|naval}} | 769 GRT | submarine (mine - later recovered) | | 20 November 1944 | T-34 | Nazi Germany|naval}} | 1294 GRT | large torpedo boat (mine) | | 29 January 1945 | Henry Lutgens | Nazi Germany}} | 1141 GRT | merchant (mine) | | 23 March 1945 | M-3138 | Nazi Germany|naval}} | 112 GRT | auxiliary minesweeper (mine) | | 30 March 1945 | Jersbek | Nazi Germany}} | 2804 GRT | merchant (mine - possibly) | | 17 April 1945 | Goya | Nazi Germany}} | 5230 GRT | transport ship (torpedo) | | Total: | 30,965 GRT |
On mines were also damaged the German sailing vessel Albert Leo Schlageter (1634 GRT) and the German icebreaker Pollux (4191 GRT).[4] L-3 is the twelfth-highest-scoring Soviet submarine (not counting ships sunk by mines she laid), with 10,722 GRT sunk. Trivia In the book and subsequent film The Hunt for Red October, the fictional Soviet Alfa class nuclear-powered attack submarine is named the V.K. Konovalov. References 1. ^{{cite web|url=http://deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/17-45/l%20II/l-3/l-3.htm|title=National Submarine Fleet Encyclopedia|publisher=|accessdate=6 October 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://poklonnayagora.ru/|title=Poklonaya Gora state museum|publisher=|accessdate=6 October 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4872.html|title=L-3|publisher=|accessdate=6 October 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4872.html|title=L-3|publisher=|accessdate=6 October 2014}}
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