An item referred to the Revista Marittime dated November 1938 reporting that the crews of the Baltic fleet did everything in the winter of 1937-1938 to repair and prepare the ships before going to sea again. The major part was indeed ready to participate the manoeuvres when the ice broke. Despite that the roads of Kronstadt on 9 April still was half frozen started two submarines with the training followed a few days later by other with individual trainings. It became clear that the navy shipyards even for the normal repairs were lacking sufficient capacity while some ships just after a considerable long period could go to sea.
