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

Soviet submarine S-4

S-class submarine (Series IX-bis)

Displacement
842 long tons (856 t)
Length
77.8 m (255.2 ft)
Beam
6.4 m (21 ft)
Speed
18.9 knots (34.9 km/h, 21.7 mph)
Complement
45

Service

  1. Soviet Navy as S-427 November 1939 — 31 March 19451,948 days of the war
S-class submarine (Series IX-bis) Particulars
Name
S-4
Builder
Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad
Laid down
3 January 1936
Launched
17 September 1936
Commissioned
27 November 1939
Struck
31 March 1945
Fate
Sunk on 6 January 1945 in Gdańsk Bay by torpedo boat German torpedo boat T3
By torpedo (1945)
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-4 was a submarine of the S-class submarine (Series IX-bis), operated by the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid at Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad on 3 January 1936. She entered service on 27 November 1939, having been launched on 17 September 1936.

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 1,948 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 31 March 1945.

She was sunk on 6 January 1945 by torpedo. The wreck survives.

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 × 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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