| Navy | The Soviet Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | L (Leninec) |
| Pennant | |
| Mod | 1st group (Type II) |
| Built by | Marti Yard (Nikolayev, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 198 |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 Mar 1930 |
| Launched | 5 Jun 1932 |
| Commissioned | 30 Oct 1933 |
| End service | |
| History | Black Sea fleet. Stricken on 29 December 1955. |
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Notable events involving L-5 include:
2 Aug 1941
L-5 lays a minefield off Mangalia, Romania.
16 Aug 1941
L-5 lays another minefield off Mangalia, Romania.
28 Aug 1941
L-5 lays yet another minefield off Mangalia, Romania.
13 Sep 1941
L-5 lays a minefield off Cape Galata, Bulgaria.
19 Sep 1941
The Bulgarian auxiliary minesweeper W 2 sank when she hits a mine 3 nautical miles east of Cape Galata, Bulgaria. The mine was laid on either 13 September 1941 by the Russian submarine L-5 or 18 September 1941 by the Russian submarine L-4.
29 Sep 1941
L-5 lays a minefield off Mangalia, Romania.
10 Oct 1941
The Romanian auxiliary minelayer Regele Carol I (2369 GRT) sank when she hits a mine 2 nautical miles east of Cape Galata, Bulgaria. The mine was laid on either 13 September 1941 by the Russian submarine L-5 or 18 September 1941 by the Russian submarine L-4.
25 Nov 1941
L-5 lays a minefield off Ak-Mechet, Crimea.
6 Aug 1942
L-5 lays a minefield off Cape Feolent, Crimea.
16 Sep 1942
L-5 lays a minefield off Burnas, Ukraine.
6 Oct 1942
The Romanian tug Oitul (95 GRT) sank when she hits a mine 7 nautical miles East-North-East of Burnas, Ukraine in position 45°47'N, 30°19'E. The mine was laid on 16 September 1942 by the Soviet submarine L-5.
17 Feb 1943
The German barge F 473 hits a mine and is sunk south-west of Cape Fiolent, Crimea. The mine was possibly laid by the Soviet submarine L-5 on 6 August 1942.