Soviet Navy — Submarine
Soviet submarine M-172
- Displacement
- 206 long tons (209 t)
- Length
- 37.5 m (123 ft)
- Beam
- 3.3 m (10.8 ft)
- Speed
- 14.1 knots (26.1 km/h, 16.2 mph)
- Complement
- 20
- Main gun
- 45 mm (1.8 in)
Service
- as М-17211 December 1937 — 1 October 19431,491 days of the war
Malyutka-class, Serie XII submarine
Particulars
- Name
- M-172
- Builder
- Sudomekh (Leningrad, USSR) / Yard 196
- Laid down
- 17 June 1936
- Launched
- 23 July 1937
- Commissioned
- 11 December 1937
- Fate
- Missing since 1 October 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 206 long tons (209 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 256 long tons (260 t)
- Length
- 37.5 m (123 ft)
- Beam
- 3.3 m (10.8 ft)
- Draught
- 2.9 m (9.5 ft)
- Speed
- 14.1 knots (26.1 km/h, 16.2 mph)
- Complement
- 20
- Main gun
- 45 mm (1.8 in)
M-172 was a Malyutka-class, Serie XII submarine, operated by the Soviet Navy. Sudomekh (Leningrad, USSR) / Yard 196 laid her keel on 17 June 1936. She entered service on 11 December 1937, having been launched on 23 July 1937.
Her class ran to four ships. The class followed the None and was succeeded by the Quebec-class submarine.
The boat displaced 206 long tons surfaced and 256 long tons submerged. She measured 37.5 m (123 ft) long with a beam of 3.3 m (11 ft). Her designed speed was 14.1 knots, and she carried a complement of 20.
Her main battery was one 45 mm (1.8 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,491 days of the Second World War.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 2 × 533 mm bow torpedo tubes
- 2 × anti-submarine/anti-ship torpedoes, no reloads
- 1 × 45 mm/46 21-K semi-automatic deck gun
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Soviet submarine M-172 on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.