Soviet Baltic Sea submarine campaign in 1941 information
Soviet submarine Baltic Sea campaign in 1941
Part of the Baltic Sea campaign of the Eastern Front of World War II
Kalev lost during the campaign
Date
22 June 1941 - November 1941
Location
Baltic Sea
Result
Soviet failure
Belligerents
Germany
Soviet Union
Strength
5 submarines
29 submarines
Casualties and losses
1 submarine sunk 1 merchant sunk 3-7 other vessels sunk by mines, 2 damaged
16 submarines sunk
The Soviet submarine Baltic Sea campaign in 1941 was launched by the Soviet Navy at the early stage of Operation Barbarossa. The offensive was hampered by the quick German ground advance and the retreat of Soviet naval vessels from the main Baltic harbors.
At the beginning of the conflict the Soviet Navy operated a formidable force on paper, consisting of 75 submarines. However, only 35 submarines were operational: 15 of them were located in the Latvian port of Liepaja and were ordered to retreat to Tallinn due to the rapid German ground advance. During this redeployment the submarine S-3 was intercepted and sunk in surface action by German S-boats. Another 5 submarines were scuttled in the harbor, including the two former Latvian Ronis-class submarines. At the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the German Navy at first operated only a relatively small force of vessels including five submarines; (U-140, U-142, U-144, U-145 and U-149); engaging the Soviet ones in anti-submarine hunts.[1]
^Poul Grooss (2017). The Naval War in the Baltic 1939 -1945.
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