Soviet submarine ''K-3'' was a K-class submarine of the Soviet Navy during

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Operational history

At first located in the

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, she was relocated to the

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on 8 November 1941. She engaged enemy shipping with torpedoes, with gunfire, and as

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. On 3 December 1941, after a failed torpedo attack, ''K-3'' was damaged by depth charges from the German submarine chasers ''UJ-1403'', ''UJ-1416'', and ''UJ-1708''. ''K-3'' was forced to surface and engaged in a gun battle the three attacking units, sinking ''UJ-1708'' and forcing the other two ships to withdraw.

Loss

''K-3'' was sunk on 21 March 1943 by depth charges from the German submarine chasers ''UJ-1102'','' UJ-1106'', and ''UJ-1111''. ''K-3'' is the fifteenth-highest-scoring Soviet submarine (not counting ships sunk by mines she laid), with 9,048 GRT sunk.

References

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