Soviet submarine S-13
Service
- as S-1331 July 1941 — 7 September 19541,497 days of the war
- Name
- S-13
- Laid down
- 19 October 1938
- Launched
- 25 April 1939
- Commissioned
- 31 July 1941
- Decommissioned
- 7 September 1954
- Struck
- 17 December 1956
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 840 long tons (853 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
- Length
- 77.8 m (255.2 ft)
- Beam
- 6.4 m (21 ft)
- Draught
- 4.4 m (14.4 ft)
- Speed
- 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h, 22.4 mph)
- Complement
- 50
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
S-13 was a Soviet S-class submarine built for the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid on 19 October 1938. Launched on 25 April 1939, she entered service on 31 July 1941.
Her class ran to two ships. The class followed the Shchuka-class submarine and was succeeded by the K class.
The boat displaced 840 long tons surfaced and 1,050 long tons submerged. She measured 77.8 m (255 ft) long with a beam of 6.4 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 19.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 50.
Her main battery was one 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,497 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 7 September 1954. She was struck from the register on 17 December 1956.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × diesels 2000 hp each
- 2 × electric motors 550 hp each
- 2 × shafts
- Armament
- 6 × 21 in torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft)
- 12 × torpedoes
- 1 × 100 mm gun
- 1 × 45 mm cannon
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Soviet submarine S-13 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Artist: A. Pletnev, Engraver: M. Silyanova (Artist: А.Плетнев, Engraver: М.Сильянова) — http://www.fullcollection.ru/pg/collection/view/97581/%E2%84%96304-Krasnoznamennaya-podvodnaya-lodka-S-13 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons