M-78
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| Name | M-78 | ||
| Type: | Submarine (M-class) | ||
| Tonnage | 206 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Zavod No 196 (Sudomekh), Galerniy, 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) | ||
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| Route | Liepaja (22 Jun) - Ust-Dvinsk | ||
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| History | M-78 was laid down in March 1934 at Zavod No 198 (Andre Marti), Nikolaev in the Black Sea in sections, which were transported by railway to Leningrad and completed in June 1936. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.54 hours on 23 Jun, 1941, M-78 (SrLt Dmitriy L. Shevchenko) was hit by two torpedoes from U-144 and sank immediately 9 miles west of Vindava. The commander of the 4th Submarine-Division, Klt Matveev Stepan Ionovich, was lost with the submarine. They had left Liepaja the day before together with M-77, had been attacked at 03.36 hours on 23 June off Uzava by German aircraft and were proceeding on the surface to recharge their batteries. This was the first success of an U-boat in the Baltic Sea and the first loss of a Soviet submarine in World War 2. | ||
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