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During the Great Patriotic War there was not a clear title as “submarine ace”: Royal Navy was used to give attentions to the boats and the crew often used personal “Jolly Roger” war-flags for submarines with painted on them the recorded victories. German Navy gave more focus to the Submarine Commander, calling “Aces” the ones that achieved large tonnages (at least 100.000 GRT) of enemy shipping sunk. Soviet Navy both awarded the crewmembers, the submarine (with titles as “Guards Badge” or “Order of the Red Banner”) and the commanders.
The list includes the submarine commanders in Soviet waters that achieved at least 5 confirmed victories (both sinking or damaging enemy units).
Name: |
Navy / Submarine: |
Victories: |
Notes: |
Fate: |
Polyakov Yevgeniy Petrovich |
L-4 |
9 victories (8 +1) |
Soviet Black Sea Fleet Sunk: Chipka (2304 GRT) Minelayer Regele Carol I Minesweeper D-2 Tayyari Bahri (55/60 GRT) Gurpinar (35/40 GRT) EL-74 (139 GRT) Santa Fè (4627 GRT) Friederike (7327 GRT) Damaged: MFP F-329 (155 GRT) |
Survived at War |
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L-21 |
9 victories (7 + 2) |
Soviet Baltic Fleet Sunk: Elie (1837 GRT) Hansa (563 GRT) Submarine U-367 Torpedo boat T-3 Torpedo boat T-5 Patrol ship V-2022 Gunboat LAT-7 Damaged: Eichberg (1923 GRT) Patrol ship Vs-302 |
Survived at War |
Greshilov Mihail Vasilievich |
M-35 (until Nov 42) ShCh-215 (from Oct 42 to Apr 44) |
9 victories (6 + 3) |
Soviet Black Sea Fleet. Sunk: SF-35 (140 GRT) Le Progress (511 GRT) ---- Thisbé (1782 GRT) MFP F-592 (155 GRT) Mefkure (60/65 GRT) Vita (135 GRT) Damaged: L-1357 (? GRT) Aux. minesweeper R-164 |
Survived at War |
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K-1 |
8 victories (7 + 1) |
Soviet Northern Fleet. Sunk: Kong Ring (1994 GRT) Kurzsee (754 GRT) Asuncion (4626 GRT) Robert Bornhofen (6643 GRT) Patrol ship NM-01 Patrol ship NM-21 Damaged: |
Survived at War.
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Klaus Petersen
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U-24 (from Apr43 to Apr44) U-9 (from April 44)
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7 victories (5 + 2) |
Kriegsmarine (Black Sea) Sunk: Minesweeper Tszcz-411 Emba (7886 GRT) DB-36 (7 GRT) DB-37 (7 GRT) Patrol boat CKA-088 --- Damaged: schooner Petrel |
Survived at War. (His second submarine was sunk in Soviet air raid of Pe-2 bombers, but he survived).
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Rolf Birger Wahlen |
U-23 |
7 victories (5 + 2 ) |
Kriegsmarine (Black Sea) Sunk: Patrol boat Shval a motorboat Tanais (180 GRT) Tug Smely a fishing boat --- Damaged: Patrol boat SKA-099 |
Survived at War
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Vlasov Vladimir Yakovlevich |
ShCh-214 |
6 victories
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Soviet Black Sea Sunk: Kaynakdere (ext. 75 GRT) Torcello (3336 GRT) Koraltepe (60/65 GRT) Schooner (? GRT) Schooner (? GRT) Schooner (? GRT)
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KIA 20 June 42 when the submarine was sunk by Italian motor torpedo boat MAS-571 |
(with the reindeer Pollyanna) |
Note: Soviets gifted a reindeer foal to the submarine crew: the animal was kept as mascot into the submarine! |
6 victories (4 + 2) |
Royal Navy (operating from Soviet base) Sunk: Donau II (2931 GRT) Bahia Laura (8561 GRT) Submarine hunter UJ-1213 Damaged: Submarine hunter UJ-1201 |
Survived at War |
Grishchenko Petr Denisovich |
L-3 (until 9-March-43) |
5 victories |
Soviet Baltic Fleet Sunk: C.F.Liljevalch (5513 GRT) Walter (177 GRT) Hindenburg (7880 GRT) Dirschau (762 GRT) Edith Bosselmann (952 GRT) |
Survived at War
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Konovalov Vladimir Konstantinovich |
L-3 (from 9-March-43) |
5 victories (4 + 1) |
Soviet Baltic Fleet Sunk: Fleet torpedo boat T-34 Henry Lutgens (1141 GRT) Goya (5230 GRT) a minesweeper cutter Damaged: Sailing ship Albert L. Schlageter |
Survived at War |
Schedrin Grigoriy Ivanovich |
S-56 |
5 victories (4 + 1) |
Soviet Northern Fleet. (previously Pacific Fleet) Sunk: |
Survived at War |
no picture Karl Grafen |
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5 victories |
Kriegsmarine (Black Sea) Sunk: Vajian Kuture (7602 GRT) barge Rion (187 GRT) Pestel (1850 GRT) Landing craft DB-26 |
Survived at War |
Lisin Sergey Prokofievich
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S-7 |
5 victories (4 + 1) |
Soviet Baltic Fleet
Sunk: Lulea (5611 GRT) Kathe (1599 GRT) Pojanlahti (682 GRT) Damaged: |
POW when the submarine was sunk by the Finnish submarine Vesihisi.
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Lunin Nikolay Alexandrovich |
ShCh-421 (until Mar 42) K-21 (from March 42) |
5 victories (2 + 3) |
Soviet Northern Fleet. Sunk: Konsul Schulte (2975 GRT) Froy (40 GRT)
Damaged: Havegga (15 GRT) Oeistein (15 GRT) |
Survived at War
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Other notable commanders:
M-96 (until Nov-43) S-13 (from April-43) |
Achieved the sinking of 40.144 GRT (the best soviet result in terms of GRT sinking). The two big transports were full with evacuated (both civilians and military personal) up to 13.200 killed. |
Soviet Baltic Fleet Sunk: Wilhelm Gustloff (25484 GRT) General Steuben (14660 GRT) Damaged: Siegfried (563 GRT)
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Survived at War
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ShCh-407 (from July 1943) |
Only other commander to sunk a target of more than 10.000 GRT in Soviet waters.
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Soviet Baltic Fleet: Sunk: Nordstern (1127 GRT) Seeburg (12181 GRT) |
Survived at War |
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Vesikko (1941) |
Best Finnish commander (with 2 sinking). |
Merivoimat (Finnish Baltic) Sunk: Vyborg (3183 GRT) |
Survived at War
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ShCh-311 (during Winter War) |
Best commander during the Winter War (with 2 sinking). |
Soviet Baltic Fleet. Sunk: Wilpas (775 GRT) |
Survived at War |
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L-19 |
Best commander during Soviet-Japan conflict in 1945 (with 2 victories). |
Soviet Pacific Fleet. Sunk: Taito Maru (887 GRT) Damaged: Aux. gunship Shinko Maru n°2
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KIA at the end of August 1945, when submarine was sunk by mine. |
Soviet Awards (except commemorative awards or medals after supports to offensives and other ground operations as Sebastopol or Leningrad) |
British awards (only the ones received by British Aces on Eastern Front operating from Soviet base).
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German and Finnish awards (only the ones received by German Aces on Eastern Front) |
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