Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Soviet Navy — Submarine

Soviet submarine K-21

Soviet K-class submarine

Soviet submarine K-21
Sorokin Andrey Aleksandrovich (Сорокин Андрей Александрович) — Own work — CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons Plate K-21, the WWII era Soviet K-class long range submarine displayed at the central square of Severomorsk, Murmansk Region, Russia, being a part of the Northern Fleet Naval Museum. In July 1942, K-21 attacked German battleship Tirpitz while guarding the PQ-17 convoy.

Service

  1. Soviet Navy as K-2130 November 1940 — in service1,739 days of the war
Soviet K-class submarine Particulars
Name
K-21
Laid down
10 December 1937
Launched
16 August 1939
Commissioned
30 November 1940
Fate
Museum ship in Murmansk since 1982. (1982)
Status
Preserved

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
1,490 long tons (1,514 t)
Displacement, submerged
2,600 long tons (2,642 t)
Length
97.65 m (320.4 ft)
Beam
7.4 m (24.3 ft)
Draught
4.51 m (14.8 ft)
Speed
22.5 knots (41.7 km/h, 25.9 mph)
Complement
67
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)

K-21 was a Soviet K-class submarine in service with the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid on 10 December 1937. Launched on 16 August 1939, she entered service on 30 November 1940.

She was one of 15 ships of her class. The class followed the Soviet S-class submarine and was succeeded by the Zulu-class submarine.

The boat displaced 1,490 long tons surfaced and 2,600 long tons submerged. She measured 97.7 m (320 ft) long with a beam of 7.4 m (24 ft). Her designed speed was 22.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 67.

Her main battery was two 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.

She was in commission for 1,739 days of the Second World War.

She has been preserved in 1982.

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-shaft diesel electric, 8400-hp diesel, 2400-hp electric
Armament
  • 6 × bow torpedo tubes
  • 2 × stern torpedo tubes
  • 2 × external stern torpedo tubes(24 torpedoes)
  • 2 × 100 mm guns, 2 – 45 mm guns, 20 mines

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from Soviet submarine K-21 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Sorokin Andrey Aleksandrovich (Сорокин Андрей Александрович) — Own work — CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons