Soviet submarine M-111

The Soviet submarine М-111 was a Malyutka-class (Series XII) short-range, diesel-powered attack submarine of the Soviet Navy. She was part of the Black Sea Fleet and operated during the World War II against Axis shipping, her commander was the Georgian-ethnic Yaroslav Iosseliani before he was moved to another vessel.

Scheme of series XII
History
Soviet Union
Name: М-111
Builder: Krasnoye Sormovo (Gorkiy, USSR) / Yard 112
Laid down: 30 October 1939
Launched: 31 December 1940
Commissioned: 5 July 1941
Decommissioned: 2 October 1954
General characteristics
Class and type: Malyutka-class, Serie XII submarine
Displacement:
  • 206 tons surfaced
  • 256 tons submerged
Length: 37.5 m (123 ft)
Beam: 3.3 m (11 ft)
Draught: 2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Speed:
  • 14.1 knots (26 km/h) surfaced
  • 8.2 knots (15 km/h) submerged
Complement: 20
Armament:
  • 2 × 533 mm (533 mm) torpedo tubes in bow
  • 2 × anti-submarine/anti-ship torpedoes no reloads
  • 1 × 45 mm/46 21-K semi-automatic deck gun

Service history

M-111 served in the southern Black Sea, attacking Axis shipping with torpedoes.

Ships sunk by M-111'[1]
Date Ship Flag Tonnage Notes
18 July 1943 Dunarea-1 505 GRT barge (torpedo)
28 August 1943 Hainburg 400 GRT tug (torpedo)
12 November 1943 Theoderich 3814 GRT merchant(torpedo)
Total:4,719 GRT

References
  1. "M-111 of the Soviet Navy - Soviet Submarine of the M (Malyutka) class - Allied Warships of WWII". Uboat.net. Retrieved 14 September 2018.

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