M-78
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| Name | M-78 | ||
| Type: | Submarine (M-class) | ||
| Tonnage | 206 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Zavod No 196 (Sudomekh), Leningrad | ||
| Owner | Soviet Navy | ||
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| Date of attack | 23 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  Soviet | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-144 (Gert von Mittelstaedt) | ||
| Position | 57.28N, 21.17E - Grid AO 6486 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 15 officers and men (15 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Liepaja (22 Jun) - Ust-Dvinsk | ||
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| History | In March 1934 laid down at Zavod No 198 (Andre Marti), Nikolaev in the Black Sea, then transported by train to Leningrad for completion. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.54 hours on 23 Jun, 1941, the M-78 (SrLt Dimitriy L. Shevchenko) was hit by two torpedoes from U-144 and sank immediately west of Widawa. The commander of the 4th Submarine-Division, Klt S.I. Matveev, was lost with the submarine. They had left Liepaja the day before together with M-77 and had been attacked at 03.36 hours on 23 June off Uzava by German aircraft. This was the first success of an U-boat in the Baltic Sea in World War 2. | ||
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