Soviet submarine S-3

S-1, sister ship of S-3, in 1936
History
Soviet Union
Name	S-3, previously N-3
Builder	Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad
Yard number	268
Laid down	25 April 1934
Launched	30 April 1936
Commissioned	13 July 1938
Stricken	27 July 1941
Fate	Sunk on 24 June 1941 near the Latvian coast
General characteristics
Class and type	S-class submarine (Series IX)
Displacement	840 t (830 long tons) surfaced 1,070 t (1,050 long tons) submerged
Length	77.8 m (255 ft 3 in)
Beam	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draft	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × diesel engines 2 × electric motors 2 × shafts
Speed	19.5 knots (36.1 km/h) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km)
Test depth	80 m (260 ft)
Complement	46
Armament	6 × torpedo tubes 2 × deck guns
Service record [1]
Part of:	Baltic Fleet 1st Submarine Brigade
Commanders:	K. I. Malofeyev 23 March 1938 – 10 February 1939 V. F. Kulbakin 10 February 1939 – 4 March 1939 K. I. Malofeyev 4 March 1939 – 9 May 1941 N. A. Kostromichev 9 May – 24 June 1941
Operations:	First war patrol: 29 November – 8 December 1939 Second war patrol: 13–22 December 1939 Blockade of Riga: 9–22 June 1940 Escape from Liepāja: 23–24 June 1941
Victories:	None

S-3 was the third boat of the S-class submarines of the Soviet Navy. The submarine took part in the Winter War and the Soviet annexation of the Baltic states before being sunk in the first days of Operation Barbarossa.

S-3 was among the first three S-class submarines that were built on the basis of the German-designed submarine E-1, the blueprints of which was sold to the Soviets in 1933. Soviet engineers, working together with the German designers, examined E-1 and made modifications to its design based on their requirements. S-3 was built in Leningrad and included German components. The submarine carried out two patrols in the Baltic Sea during the Winter War with Finland without sinking any ships, and was part of the naval blockade of Riga when the Soviet Union annexed Latvia in 1940. When Operation Barbarossa began in June 1941, S-3 left the port of Liepāja in Soviet Latvia as the German Army reached the city. But it was attacked by German fast boats along the way and was eventually sunk by a depth charge, on 24 June 1941. Some survivors were picked out of the water and taken prisoner by the Germans.