Soviet submarine L-4
Service
- as L-414 October 1933 — 17 February 19562,193 days of the war
- Name
- L-4
- Builder
- A. Marti Yard, Nikolaev
- Laid down
- 15 March 1930
- Launched
- 31 August 1931
- Commissioned
- 14 October 1933
- Struck
- 17 February 1956
- Fate
- Scrapped after 17 February 1956 (1956)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,034 long tons (1,051 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 1,306 long tons (1,327 t)
- Length
- 79 m (259.2 ft) OA
- Beam
- 7.3 m (24 ft)
- Draught
- 4.1 m (13.5 ft)
- Speed
- 14 knots (25.9 km/h, 16.1 mph)
- Range
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 54
- Main gun
- 100 mm (3.9 in)
L-4 was a submarine of the Leninets-class submarine minelayer in service with the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid at A. Marti Yard, Nikolaev on 15 March 1930. She entered service on 14 October 1933, having been launched on 31 August 1931.
She was one of four ships of her class. The class followed the Dekabrist-class submarine and was succeeded by the Shchuka-class submarine.
The boat displaced 1,034 long tons surfaced and 1,306 long tons submerged. She measured 79 m (259 ft) long with a beam of 7.3 m (24 ft). Her designed speed was 14 knots, and she carried a complement of 54.
Her main battery was one 100 mm (3.9 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 17 February 1956.
She was broken up for scrap on 17 February 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 shafts; diesel-electric
- 2 × diesel engines
- 2 × electric motors
- Power
- 2200 PS (diesels)
- 1300 PS (electric)
- Armament
- 6 × bow 533 mm torpedo tubes
- 20 × mines
- 1 × 100 mm deck gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Soviet submarine L-4 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — book.uraic.ru forums.airbase.ru — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons