on 1 october 1942, the soviet m-class submarine "m-118" attacked and sank the german transport ship "salzburg", which was carrying on board 2,000 soviet prisoners of war. after attacking, the submarine was located by a german bv138c flying boat, and "sublocotenent ghiculescu" together with sister ship "stihi eugen" were sent to the scene. the two romanian gunboats attacked the soviet submarine with depth-charges, sinking her with all hands.