These Russian or Soviet submarines either suffered extensive crew casualties or were entirely lost to enemy action or to "storm or perils of the sea." A dagger (†) indicates that the boat was lost.

This list is not known to be complete.

According to the U.S. Navy, "The former Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 secretly disposed of about 16 submarines by sinking them in the northern oceans." http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=127851&ran=48578&tref=po

See also the list of Russian or Soviet submarines.

Before the Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution of 1917

The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. The Tsar was deposed and replaced by a provisional government in the first revolution of February 1917...

 

• Дельфин (Delfin)
  Russian submarine Delfin
  Delfin was the first Russian battle submarine.She was designed by Naval architect Senior Assistant I.G. Bubnov, Lieutenant M.N. Beklemishev and Lieutenant I.S. Goryunov of the Construction Commission for Submarines , laid down by Baltic plant at St...
  
   (1904) †

Before the Great Patriotic War

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 

• Щ-103 (1935, storm)
• Д-1 (1940, sea trials)
• C-2 (1940, Winter war)

1941

Baltic fleet

• Л-2
• С-1 (exploded by crew)
• С-3 (exploded by crew)
• С-5
• С-6
• С-8
• С-10
• С-11
• Калев
• Щ-301
• Ронис (exploded by crew)
• Спидола (exploded by crew)

Black sea fleet

• Д-6 (exploded by crew)
• C-34
• Щ-204
• Щ-206

Northern fleet

Pacific fleet

• Л-16

1942

Baltic fleet

• С-7
• Щ-302
• Щ-304
• Щ-305
• Щ-306
• Щ-308
• Щ-311

Black sea fleet

• С-32

Pacific fleet

• Щ-138

Northern fleet

• Д-3
• Л-24
• К-2
• К-23
• Щ-405

1943

Baltic fleet

• С-9
• С-12

Black sea fleet

• Щ-203

Northern fleet

• К-1
• К-3
• К-22
• С-55
• Щ-406
• Щ-408

After the Great Patriotic War

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 

• С-117
  Soviet submarine S-117
  S-117 was a Soviet Shchuka class submarine that was lost on or about 15 December 1952, due to unknown causes in the Strait of Tartary in the Sea of Japan. The boat may have collided with a surface ship or struck a mine. All forty-seven crewmen died in the incident.- External links :*...
  
   (1952)
• М-200 Месть (Mest)
  Soviet submarine M-200
  М-200 Месть was a Project 615 short-range, diesel attack submarine of the Soviet Navy....
  
   (1956) †
• М-256
  Soviet submarine M-256
  M-256 was a Project 615 short-range, diesel attack submarine of the Soviet Navy. She was commissioned into the Baltic Fleet.-Design:...
  
   (1957)
• К-19
  Soviet submarine K-19
  K-19, KS-19, BS_19 was one of the first two Soviet submarines of the 658, 658м, 658с class , the first generation nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear ballistic missiles, specifically the R-13 . Its keel was laid down on 17 October 1958, christened on 8 April 1959 and launched on 11 October 1959...
  
   (1961)
• Б-37
  Soviet submarine B-37
  Soviet submarine B-37 was a Project 641 or Foxtrot-class diesel submarine of the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet.On 11 January 1962, the submarine was tied up at the pier in Ekaterininsky bay of Polarny naval base, with all watertight doors open, while conducting maintenance and testing of her...
  
   (1962) †
• К-3
  Soviet submarine K-3
  Soviet submarine K-3 may refer to one of the following submarines of the Soviet Navy:, a K-class submarine sunk by German vessels in March 1943, a November-class submarine which suffered a fire in September 1967 in the Mediterranean that killed 39 crewmen...
  
   (1962)
• К-129
  Soviet submarine K-129 (Golf II)
  K-129 was a Project 629A diesel-electric powered submarine of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, one of six Project 629 strategic ballistic missile submarines attached to the 15th Submarine Squadron based at Rybachiy Naval Base, Kamchatka, commanded by Rear Admiral Rudolf A...
  
   (1968) †
• K-27
  Soviet submarine K-27
  The K-27 was the only submarine of Projekt 645 in the Soviet Navy. Project 645 did not have or need its own NATO reporting name. That project produced just one test model nuclear submarine, one which incorporated a pair of experimental VT-1 nuclear reactors that used a liquid-metal coolant ,...
  
   (1968) †
• С-80
  Soviet submarine S-80
  S-80 was a diesel-electric submarine of the Soviet Navy.Her keel was laid down on 13 March 1950 at Krasnoye Sormovo as a Project 613 unit . She was launched on 21 October, and delivered to Baku on the Caspian Sea on 1 November for tests, then transferred north via inland waterways in December...
  
   (1969)
• К-8
  Soviet submarine K-8
  K-8 was a November class submarine of the Soviet Northern Fleet that sank in the Bay of Biscay with its nuclear weapons on board on April 12, 1970...
  
   (1970) † (1973)
• С-178
  Soviet submarine S-178
  С-178 was a Project 613B diesel submarine of the Soviet Navy.-Collision and loss:On 21 October 1981, S-178, under the command of Captain Third Rank V.A. Marango, was transiting on the surface at , returning to base after two days of sound trials. The sea state was 2 and night time visibility...
  
   (1981)
• К-429
  Soviet submarine K-429
  K-429 was a Project 670-A Скат nuclear submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down on 26 January 1971 at Krasnoye Sormovo in Gorky...
  
   (1983)
• К-131
  Soviet submarine K-131
  K-131 was a Project 675 of the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet.On 18 June 1984, while under the command of Captain First Rank E. Selivanov, the boat suffered a catastrophic fire...
  
   (1984)
• К-219
  Soviet submarine K-219
  K-219 was a Navaga-class ballistic missile submarine of the Soviet Navy. She carried 16 SS-N-6 liquid-fuel missiles powered by UDMH with IRFNA, equipped with an estimated 34 nuclear warheads....
  
   (1986) †
• К-278 Комсомолец (Komsomolets) (1989) †

After the fall of the Soviet Union

History of the Soviet Union (1985-1991)

The history of the Soviet Union from 1982 through 1991, spans the period from Leonid Brezhnev's death and funeral until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Due to the years of Soviet military buildup at the expense of domestic development, economic growth stagnated...

 

• К-141 Курск (Kursk) (2000) †
• К-159
  Soviet submarine K-159
  K-159 was a Project 627A "Kit" nuclear-powered submarine of the Soviet Northern Fleet. Her keel was laid down on 15 August 1962 at the Severodvinsk "Sevmash" Shipyard No. 402...
  
   (2003) †

The Komsomolets Nuclear Submarine Memorial Society

Komsomolets Nuclear Submarine Memorial Society

The Komsomolets Nuclear Submarine Memorial Society , literally Society Remembering Atomic Underwater Boat VMF Komsomolets is a charitable non-profit organization providing assistance to the families of Soviet and Russian submariners lost at sea....

aids the dependents of sailors lost in these disasters.