Soviet submarine S-101

S-101 was a Stalinets-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down in Gorkiy on 20 June 1937. She was launched on 20 April 1938 and commissioned on 15 December 1940 in the Northern Fleet.

design of the class
History
Soviet Union
Name: S-101
Laid down: 20 June 1937
Launched: 20 April 1938
Commissioned: 15 December 1940
Decommissioned: 17 February 1956
Fate: Scrapped in 1957
General characteristics
Class and type: Soviet S-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 840 long tons (853 t) surfaced
  • 1,050 long tons (1,067 t) submerged
Length: 77.8 m (255 ft 3 in)
Beam: 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draught: 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × diesels 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) each
  • 2 × electric motors 550 hp (410 kW) each
  • 2 × shafts
Speed:
  • 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) surfaced
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Test depth: 100 m (330 ft)
Complement: 50 officers and men
Armament:
  • 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft)
  • 12 × torpedoes
  • 1 × 100 mm (4 in) gun
  • 1 × 45 mm (2 in) cannon

Service history

S-101 served in Northern Fleet; the most notable success of this boat was the torpedoing and sinking of German U-boat U-639 in the Kara Sea. S-101 was awarded with Order of the Red Banner because of the success.[1]

Ships sunk by S-56[2]
Date Ship Flag Tonnage Notes
29 March 1943 Ajax 2297 GRT freighter (torpedo)
28 August 1943 U-639 769 GRT submarine (torpedo)
Total:3,066 GRT

References
  1. Orlov Alex; Dmitriy Metelev; Evgeniy Chirva. "Великая Отечественная - под водой". Town.ural.ru. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  2. "S-101 of the Soviet Navy - Soviet Submarine of the S (Stalinec) class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 2014-08-27.


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