Soviet submarine K-56 (1940)

Displacement: 1,466 long tons (1,490 t)
Length: 97.7 m (320.5 ft)
Beam: 7.4 m (24.3 ft)
Speed: 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Complement: 66
Main gun: 45 mm (1.8 in)

Soviet K-class submarine Particulars

Name: K-56
Pennant / hull number: 1940
Builder: Zavod No. 189
Laid down: 17 October 1937
Launched: 29 December 1940
Commissioned: 25 November 1942
Fate: Expended 1957 (1957)
Status: Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 1,466 long tons (1,490 t)
Displacement, submerged: 2,071 long tons (2,104 t)
Length: 97.7 m (320.5 ft) OA
Beam: 7.4 m (24.3 ft)
Draught: 4.5 m (14.8 ft)
Speed: 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range: 7,500 nmi (13,890 km)
Complement: 66
Main gun: 45 mm (1.8 in)

K-56 was a Soviet K-class submarine. She carried the pennant number 1940. Her keel was laid at Zavod No. 189 on 17 October 1937. She entered service on 25 November 1942, having been launched on 29 December 1940.

Her class ran to 15 ships. The class followed the Soviet S-class submarine and was succeeded by the Zulu-class submarine.

The boat displaced 1,466 long tons surfaced and 2,071 long tons submerged. She measured 97.7 m (321 ft) long with a beam of 7.4 m (24 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 66.

Her main battery was two 45 mm (1.8 in) guns.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2-shaft diesel electric
Power: 8400 PS (diesel)
2400 PS (electric)
Armament: 6 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
4 × stern 533 mm torpedo tubes (2 internal, 2 external)
2 × 45 mm deck guns
20 × mines

Sister ships

Sources

Facts harvested from Soviet submarine K-56 (1940) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.