According to Gherman Salov - "(Sov.)Navy Fleet Submarines in (WW2) 1941-1945 (the chronicle of operations). The Black Sea fleet", 2005. Internet : Operations of Ge. Ro. and It. submarines on Black sea in the WW2 1941-45 :
QUOTE | On Aug.29, 1944 "Rechinul" and "Marsuinul" have been grasped by Sov. in Constantza, and on Sep.12 "Delfinul" - in the Danube port Izlaz where has been translated from Galatz because of threat of air bombardments. On Sep.14 all three submarines have been enlisted in Sov.Black Sea fleet under the old names, but in the Ru. transcription. Since Oct.20 were renamed on standard for the Soviet submarines as TS-1, TS-2 and TS-3 (from Ru. trofeinaya srednaya = trophy medium). After the war, ТS-3 has been decided to return Ro. and it has been officially transferred by representatives of the Sov.Black Sea fleet to the Romanian colleagues on Oct.12, 1945 in Galatz. In April, 1946 it again as "Delfinul" has become operational and has entered officially into structure already friendly of the Romanian Navy fleet. When in the Sov.fleet the uniform system of a designation has been entered, the letter «N» (Nemetskaya - German) was for all trophy and reparation ships (irrespective of their origin), on Aug.4, 1947 ТS-1 and ТS-2 have been renamed accordingly in N-39 and N-40. On Jan.12th 1949 they have been officially carried to a class of medium subs and again renamed accordingly in S-39 and S-40. On Jul.3, 1951 С-39 as has been returned Romania and under the old name Rechinul began to be a part again of the Romanian Navy. S-40 Has been disarmed and handed over for dismantling on metal.
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