Allied Warships

K-53

Submarine of the K (Katjusa) class

NavyThe Soviet Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassK (Katjusa) 
Pennant 
Built byA. Marti (Leningrad, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 194. 
Ordered 
Laid down30 May 1938 
Launched2 Sep 1939 
Commissioned31 Aug 1943 
End service 
History

Baltic fleet.

Stricken on 11 February 1960.

 

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Notable events involving K-53 include:


17 Mar 1945
K-53 torpedoed and sank the German merchant Margarethe Cords (1912 GRT) off the Stolpebank in position 54°30'N, 15°28'E.


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