Soviet submarine B-37

{{Short description|Soviet diesel submarine, in service from 1959 to 1962}} {{refimprove|date=October 2010}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image= |image_caption= }}

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'''Soviet submarine ''B-37''''' ({{langx|ru|Б-37}}) was a Project 641 or {{sclass2|Foxtrot|submarine|0}} diesel submarine of the Soviet Navy's Northern Fleet.

==Service history== On 11 January 1962, the submarine was tied up at the pier in Ekaterininsky Bay of Polyarny naval base, with all watertight doors open, while conducting maintenance and testing of her torpedoes. A fire broke out in the torpedo compartment, probably due to hydrogen gas igniting when electrical equipment was energized. All eleven torpedoes cooked off. The submarine was instantly destroyed with all hands except the commanding officer Captain Second Rank Begeba who was on the pier at the time of explosion, and Captain Third Rank Jakubenko, who was on another part of the sub base.

{{ship|Soviet submarine|S-350||2|up=yes}}, a Project 633 or {{sclass2|Romeo|submarine|0}} submarine tied up next to ''B-37'', was badly damaged by the explosion as well, and several men from other ships and the shipyard were killed.

In total, 122 people were killed: 59 ''B-37'' crewmen, 19 ''S-350'' crewmen, and 44 others. The explosion hurled ''B-37''{{'}}s anchor nearly {{convert|2|km|mi|sp=us}} from the dock.

==References ==

==External links==

* [http://www.snariad.ru/submarin/submarin_641/ buki 37]

{{DEFAULTSORT:B-037}} Category:Foxtrot-class submarines Category:Ships built in the Soviet Union Category:1958 ships Category:Cold War submarines of the Soviet Union Category:Lost submarines of the Soviet Union Category:Maritime incidents in 1962