Soviet submarine S-7

S-class submarine (Series IX-bis)

Service

Soviet Navy as S-730 June 1940 — 21 October 1942845 days of the war

S-class submarine (Series IX-bis) Particulars

Name: S-7
Builder: Krasnoye Sormovo, Gorkiy
Laid down: 14 December 1936
Launched: 5 April 1937
Commissioned: 30 June 1940
Fate: Sunk on 21 October 1942 (1942)
Status: Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced: 842 long tons (856 t)
Displacement, submerged: 1,073 long tons (1,090 t)
Length: 77.8 m (255.2 ft)
Beam: 6.4 m (21 ft)
Draught: 4 m (13.1 ft)
Speed: 18.9 knots (34.9 km/h, 21.7 mph)
Range: 9,500 nmi (17,594 km)
Complement: 45

S-7 was a submarine of the S-class submarine (Series IX-bis) of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid at Krasnoye Sormovo, Gorkiy on 14 December 1936. She entered service on 30 June 1940, having been launched on 5 April 1937.

She was one of 111 ships of her class.

The boat displaced 842 long tons surfaced and 1,073 long tons submerged. She measured 77.8 m (255 ft) long with a beam of 6.4 m (21 ft). Her designed speed was 18.9 knots, and she carried a complement of 45.

She was in commission for 845 days of the Second World War.

She was sunk on 21 October 1942. The wreck survives.

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

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 2 × diesel engines
2 × electric motors
2 × shafts
Armament: 6 × torpedo tubes
2 × deck guns

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

Facts harvested from Soviet submarine S-7 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
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