Soviet submarine K-23

design of the class
History
Soviet Union
Name	K-23
Laid down	5 February 1938
Launched	28 April 1939
Commissioned	29 September 1940
Fate	Sunk on 12 May 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	K-class submarine
Displacement	1,490 tons surfaced 2,600 tons submerged
Length	97.65 m (320 ft 4 in)
Beam	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Draft	4.51 m (14 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft diesel electric, 8,400 hp (6,300 kW) diesel, 2,400 hp (1,800 kW) electric
Speed	surface - up to 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) submerged - 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Range	14,000 nmi (26,000 km; 16,000 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
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 × 45 mm guns 20 mines
Service record
Part of:	Northern Fleet

Soviet submarine K-23 was a K-class submarine of the Soviet Navy during World War II. She was under command of captain Magomet Gadzhiyev (an ethnic Avar) until her loss in 1942.

Operational history[]

Operating against Axis shipping in Norwegian waters, K-23 made both torpedo and gunfire attacks and laying a field of mines in Porsanger Fjord . The submarine was sunk on 12 May 1942 by depth charges from the German escort ships UJ-1101, UJ-1108 and UJ-1110.

Ships sunk by K-23 ^[1]

Date	Ship	Flag	Tonnage	Notes
19 January 1942	Sørøy		506 GRT	Merchant ship (artillery)
15 February 1942	Brik		3664 GRT	Merchant ship (mine)
Total:			4,170 GRT

Additionally, the German minesweeper M-22 was damaged on 5 November 1941 by a mine laid earlier from the submarine. K-23 also shelled the Norwegian fishing boat Start on 26 November 1941, wounding seven sailors.

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