title: Soviet submarine K-56 (1940)
text: # Soviet submarine K-56 (1940)
  
  Soviet submarine K-56 was a K-class submarine of the Soviet Navy during World War II operating with the Baltic Fleet.
  
  ## Operational history
  
  Entered in service after the German invasion, she saw active service late during the war.
  
  Additionally, K-56 torpedoed and damaged the German merchant Baltenland(3038 GRT) off Poland on 26 December 1944.
  
  ## Fate
  
  Sunk in 1957 at nuclear trials.
  
  