Soviet submarine K-1

History
design of the class
Name:	K-1
Laid down:	27 December 1936
Launched:	29 April 1938
Commissioned:	16 December 1939
Fate:	Lost due to unknown causes
General characteristics
Displacement:	1490 tons surfaced 2600 tons submerged
Length:	97.65 m
Beam:	7.4m
Draft:	4.51m
Propulsion:	2-shaft diesel electric, 8400-hp diesel, 2400-hp electric
Speed:	surface - up to 22,5 knots submerged - 10 knots
Range:	14,000 nm at 11 knots
Test depth:	230 ft (70 m)
Complement:	67 (10 officers)
Armament:	6 × bow torpedo tubes 2 × stern torpedo tubes 2 × external stern torpedo tubes(24 torpedoes) 2 × 100 mm guns, 2 - 45mm guns, 20 mines
Service record
Part of:	Northern Fleet

Soviet submarine K-1 was a K-class submarine of the Soviet Navy during World War II.

K-1 was the leading boat of the class. At first located in Baltic, it was relocated to Northern Fleet prior the war. Mihail Avgustinovich was the commander of the boat: he requested to be demoted just to lead the submarine into battle. Since March 1943 he was promoted and transferred to the staff of the Northern Fleet, escaping death because the submarine was lost in action a few months later.^[1]

Loss

The submarine departed base on 5 September 1943 and was never heard or seen again, being lost due unknown causes.^[2]

Ship service

Before the sinking, K-1 scored successes as a minelayer-submarine. On 11 August 1942, K-1 was damaged by a mine, but managed to make port on 14 August.

Ships sunk by *K-1*^[2]
Date	Ship	Tonnage	Notes
8 November 1941	Flottbeck	1,930 GRT	Freighter (mine)
26 December 1941	Kong Ring	1,994 GRT	Freighter (mine)
8 April 1942	Kurzsee	734 GRT	Freighter (mine)
23 May 1942	Asuncion	2,454 GRT	Freighter (mine)
12 September 1942	Robert Bornhofen	6,643 GRT	Freighter (mine)
6 December 1942	V-6116/Ubier	350 GRT	Patrol vessel (mine)
6 December 1942	V-6117/Cherusker	304 GRT	Patrol vessel (mine)
Total:		14,409 GRT

References

↑ "Великая Отечественная - под водой". ural.ru.
1 2 "K-1". uboat.net.

K-class submarine

K-1 K-2 K-3 K-21 K-22 K-23 K-51 K-52 K-53 K-54 K-55 K-56

List of Soviet and Russian submarines List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1943

Shipwrecks	1 Sep: I-182 3 Sep: I-25 4 Sep: USS LCI(L)-339 5 Sep: USS YP-279 7 Sep: Velella 8 Sep: Calitea II, Etna, U-983, Vesuvio 9 Sep: Antonio Bajamonti, Cattaro, Conte Verde, FR 22, Lepanto, USS Nauset, Roma, Taranto 10 Sep: HMS Abdiel, Argo, Piero Foscari 11 Sep: Conte di Savoia, USS Rowan 12 Sep: USS Navajo, U-617 13 Sep: Terra Nova 14 Sep: Katsonis, HMHS Newfoundland 16 Sep: Heisternest 18 Sep: Francesco Rismondo 19 Sep: Kansai Maru, U-341 20 Sep: HMCS St. Croix, U-338, U-346 21 Sep: HMS Polyanthus 22 Sep: U-229 23 Sep: Gaetano Donizetti 25 Sep: USS Skill 26 Sep: HMS Intrepid, Vasilissa Olga 27 Sep: Ardena, U-161, U-221 28 Sep: USS Cisco 30 Sep: Sanct Svithun Unknown date: HMS Gallant, USS Grayling, USS LCT-209, K-1, USS Pompano, U-669

Other incidents	7 Sep: U-760 8 Sep: U-988 11 Sep: USS Savannah 13 Sep: HMHS Newfoundland, HMS Uganda 14 Sep: HMS Warspite

1942 1943 1944 August 1943 October 1943

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