Soviet submarine L-21
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | L-21 |
| Laid down | 15 June 1938 |
| Launched | 14 July 1940 |
| Commissioned | 31 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 29 December 1955 |
| Fate | Scrapped. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Leninets-class |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 85.3 m (279 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 7 m (23 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 4.05 m (13 ft 3 in) |
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| Test depth | 80 |
| Complement | 56 |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | Baltic Fleet |
The World War II Soviet submarine L-21 belonged to the L-class or Leninets class of minelayer submarines. She was part of the last series (Group 4) of her class, having some improvements including more torpedo tubes.[1][2] The commander during the war was Sergey S. Mogilevskiy [3]
Service history
Before completion, L-21 was sunk by German aircraft in Leningrad on 24 May 1942. L-21 was later raised, completed and commissioned, making both torpedo attacks and mine-laying. Among her victims was the Hansa, a neutral passenger ship. L-21 also managed to sink a number of German warships, including two torpedo boats and a submarine.
| Date | Ship | Flag | Tonnage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 November 1944 | Eichberg | 
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1,923 GRT | freighter (mine) |
| 24 November 1944 | Elie |
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1,837 GRT | freighter (mine) |
| 24 November 1944 | Hansa | 
|
563 GRT | passenger ship (torpedo) |
| 22 December 1944 | Eberhard |
|
749 GRT | freighter (mine) (possibly) |
| 14 March 1945 | T3 | 
|
839 t displacement | torpedo boat (mine) |
| 14 March 1945 | T5 |
|
839 t displacement | torpedo boat (mine) |
| 16 March 1945 | U-367 |
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769 t displacement (surfaced) | submarine (mine) |
| 23 March 1945 | V 2022/E Colzmann |
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581 GRT | patrol boat (torpedo) |
| 24 March 1945 | Erni |
|
105 GRT | tug (torpedo) |
| Total: | 8,205 GRT | |||
One of her mines heavily damaged the German destroyer Z43.[4]
References
- ^ "Л-20 <L-20> submarines (series XIII-1938, 1941-1943) - Soviet Navy (USSR)". navypedia.org.
- ^ "M". town.ural.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Allied Warships L-21 Submarine of the L (Leninec) class". uboat.net/. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
