| Navy | The Soviet Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | L (Leninec) |
| Pennant | |
| Mod | 1st group (Type II) |
| Built by | Baltiyskiy Zavod (Leningrad, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 189. |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 6 Sep 1929 |
| Launched | 8 Jul 1931 |
| Commissioned | 5 Nov 1933 |
| End service | 17 Aug 1953 |
| History | Baltic fleet. Decommissioned on 17 August 1953. |
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Notable events involving L-3 include:
27 Jun 1941
L-3 lays a minefield off Memel.
19 Jul 1941
L-3 lays a minefield off Br?sterort.
1 Oct 1941
L-3 was anchored in harbour of Suursaari island (Gulf of Finland) when Finnish Navy motor torpedo boats attacked. One torpedo explosion damaged L-3.
1 Oct 1941
The Latvian merchant Kaija (1876 GRT) is sunk off Memel in position 55°45'N, 21°00'E
when she hits a mine laid by the Soviet submarine L-3 on 27 June 1941.
19 Nov 1941
The German merchant Henny (764 GRT) is sunk off Memel in position 55°45'N, 21°00'E
when she hits a mine laid by the Soviet submarine L-3 on 27 June 1941.
22 Nov 1941
The small Swedish tanker Uno (430 GRT) is sunk off Memel in position 55°45'N, 21°00'E
when she hits a mine laid by the Soviet submarine L-3 on 27 June 1941. It is also possible that Uno was sunk on a German defensive mine barrage.
26 Nov 1941
The German merchant Engerau (1142 GRT) is sunk off Memel in position 55°45'N, 21°00'E
when she hits a mine laid by the Soviet submarine L-3 on 27 June 1941.
18 Aug 1942
L-3 torpedoed and sank the Swedish merchant C.F. Liljevalch (5492 GRT) west of Gotland in position 57°37'N, 17°00'E.
25 Aug 1942
L-3 lays a minefield.
The small German merchant Franz Bohmke (210 GRT, former Dutch Vledderveen) is mined and sunk in position 55°08'N, 13°05'E. The mine was laid the same day by L-3.
26 Aug 1942
L-3 lays more mines.
L-3 also fires four torpedoes against two merchants in position 55°13'N, 14°01'E. The torpedoes however missed their targets.
1 Sep 1942
At 1712 hours L-3 fires two torpedoes at ' what is identified as ' a destroyer in the Baltic Sea about 50 nautical miles south-east of Karlskrona, Sweden in position 55°52'N, 17°01'E. The torpedoes however missed their target.
At 1732 hours L-3 fires four torpedoes at ' what are indentied as ' two merchants. Once again the torpedoes missed their targets.
2 Nov 1942
L-3 lays a minefield off Ut?.
5 Nov 1942
L-3 lays a minefield off Libau.
6 Nov 1942
While on patrol west of Klaipeda, Lithuania L-3 fires two torpedoes at what is identified as 'a destroyer'. The torpedoes miss their target.
13 Nov 1942
L-3 lays a minefield in the Irben Strait.
17 Nov 1942
The German merchant Hindenburg (7880 GRT) is mined and sunk off Ut?, Finland in position 59°40'N, 21°20'E. The mine was laid on 2 November 1942 by the Soviet submarine L-3.
9 Dec 1942
The German merchant Edith Bosselmann (952 GRT) is mined and sunk off Klaipeda, Lithuania in position 56°05'N, 20°05'E. The mine was laid on 5 November 1942 by the Soviet submarine L-3.
5 Feb 1943
The German merchant Tristan is probably mined and sunk off Klaipeda, Lithuania. The ship was en route from Danzig to Klaipeda and disappeared without a trace. If she was mined it's likely the mine might have been laid by the Soviet submarine L-3 on 5 November 1942.
5 Feb 1943
The German merchant Grundsee (866 BRT) is probably mined and sunk off Klaipeda, Lithuania. The ship was en route from Danzig to Klaipeda. If she was mined it's likely the mine might have been laid by the Soviet submarine L-3 on 5 November 1942.
11 Oct 1944
L-3 lays a minefield near Cape Arkona.
15 Oct 1944
At 0050 hours L-3 fires three torpedoes at what is identified as a merchant of approx. 3000 GRT 10 nautical miles south-west of Smygehuk, Sweden. The torpedoes miss their (so far unidentified) target.
25 Oct 1944
At 0738 hours L-3 fires two torpedoes at what is identified as a merchant 6 nautical miles north-west of Klaipeda, Lithuania. The torpedoes miss their (so far unidentified) target.
26 Oct 1944
At 1011 hours L-3 fires two torpedoes at what is identified as a auxiliary patrol vessel 6 nautical miles north-west of Polangen, Lithuania. The torpedoes miss their (so far unidentified) target.
14 Nov 1944
The German sailing vessel Albert Leo Schlageter (1634 GRT) is damaged when she hits a mine north-east of Cape Arkona in position 54°51'N, 13°35'E.
The mine was laid by the Soviet submarine L-3 on 11 October 1944.
20 Nov 1944
The German torpedo boat T 34 (1294 tons) is sunk when she hits a mine north-east of Cape Arkona in position 54°40'N, 13°29'E.
The mine was laid by the Soviet submarine L-3 on 11 October 1944.
26 Jan 1945
L-3 lays a minefield off Ventspils, Latvia.
29 Jan 1945
The German merchant Henry L?tgens (1141 GRT) is mined and sunk off Ventspils, Latvia in position 57°20'N, 21°20'E.
The mine was laid on 26 January 1945 by the Soviet submarine L-3.
31 Jan 1945
At 0628 hours L-3 fires three torpedoes at what is identified as a merchant of approx. 3000 GRT) off Ventspils, Latvia in position 57°16'N, 21°07'E. The torpedoes miss their (so far unidentified) target.
While continue to operate in the same area, at 2147 hours L-3 fires three torpedoes at what is identified as a merchant. The torpedoes miss their (so far unidentified) target.
Still operating in the same area, at 2212 hours L-3 fires three torpedoes at what is identified as a merchant and once again the torpedoes miss their (so far unidentified) target.
2 Feb 1945
L-3 lays a minefield off Libau.
4 Feb 1945
At 1211 hours L-3 fires three torpedoes against the German torpedo boat T 36 and at ' what is identified as ' a minesweeper north-east of Br?sterort in position 55°00'N, 20°20'E. All torpedoes missed their targets.
7 Feb 1945
The German icebreaker Pollux (4191 GRT) is mined and heavily damaged when she hits a mine 7 nautical mines south-west of Pillau. The mine was laid on 2 February 1945 by the Soviet submarine L-3. The Pollux is beached to prevent her from sinking.
23 Mar 1945
L-3 lays a minefield off Rixh?ft.
The same day the German auxiliary minesweeper M 3138 (112 GRT) is mined and sunk in position 54°46'N, 18°45'E after hitting one of these mines.
30 Mar 1945
The German merchant Jersbek (2804 GRT) is mined and sunk when she hits a mine off Pillau. The mine was possibly laid on 2 February 1945 by the Soviet submarine L-3.
17 Apr 1945
L-3 torpedoed and sank the German merchant Goya (5230 GRT) off Rixh?ft in position 55°09'N, 18°25'E. The Goya was packed with some 7000 refugees from Hela that were fleeing to the west. Only 334 survivors were picked up.