Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.

Soviet submarine S-363

Soviet submarine which ran aground in Karlskrona, Sweden in October 1981

Soviet submarine S-363 was a Soviet Navy Whiskey-class submarine of the Baltic Fleet. Under the designation U137 it ran aground on 27 October 1981 on the south coast of Sweden, approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) from Karlskrona, one of the largest Swedish naval bases. U137 was the…