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Allied Warships

M-175

Submarine of the M (Malyutka) class

NavyThe Soviet Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassM (Malyutka) 
Pennant 
Built bySudomekh (Leningrad, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 196 
Ordered 
Laid down29 May, 1937 
Launched12 Oct, 1937 
Commissioned29 Sep, 1938 
Lost10 Jan, 1942 
Loss position70.09N, 32.50E (See a map)
 
HistoryNorthern fleet.

M-175 was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-584 in the Arctic Sea north of the Rybachiy peninsula in position 70.09N, 32.50E. 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 10 Jan, 1942 by U-584 (Deecke).


Noteable events involving M-175 include:

8 Oct, 1941
M-175 fires a torpedo against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of 5000 tons of the Varangerfjord. The torpedo misses its target.


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