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

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