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

Soviet submarine S-3

S-class submarine (Series IX)

Displacement
827 long tons (840 t)
Length
77.8 m (255.2 ft)
Beam
6.4 m (21 ft)
Speed
19.5 knots (36.1 km/h, 22.4 mph)
Complement
46

Service

  1. Soviet Navy as S-3, previously N-313 July 1938 — 27 July 1941695 days of the war
S-class submarine (Series IX) Particulars
Name
S-3
Builder
Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad
Laid down
25 April 1934
Launched
30 April 1936
Commissioned
13 July 1938
Struck
27 July 1941
Fate
Sunk on 24 June 1941 near the Latvian coast (1941)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
827 long tons (840 t)
Displacement, submerged
1,053 long tons (1,070 t)
Length
77.8 m (255.2 ft)
Beam
6.4 m (21 ft)
Draught
4 m (13.1 ft)
Speed
19.5 knots (36.1 km/h, 22.4 mph)
Range
9,500 nmi (17,594 km)
Complement
46

S-3 was a submarine of the S-class submarine (Series IX), operated by the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid at Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad on 25 April 1934. She entered service on 13 July 1938, having been launched on 30 April 1936.

111 ships of the class were built.

The boat displaced 827 long tons surfaced and 1,053 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 46.

She was in commission for 695 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 27 July 1941.

She was sunk on 24 June 1941. The wreck survives.

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Armament and machinery

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

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