Dekabrist-class submarine
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dekabrist |
| Builders | list error: <br /> list (help) 3 at Ordzhonikidze Shipyard, Leningrad 3 at Marti Yard, Nikolayev |
| Operators | .svg){kind=small} Soviet Navy |
| Built | 1927-1929 |
| In service | 1928-1958 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Lost | 4 |
| Preserved | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | diesel/electric-powered attack submarine |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 933 tons surfaced 1,354 tons submerged |
| Length | 76.00 m (249 feet 4 inches) |
| Beam | 6.50 m (21 feet) |
| Draught | 3.80 m (12 feet 6 inches) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 shafts, three bladed propellers - Two 1,100hp MAN/Kolomna diesels - Two 525hp PG-20 electric motors - Two electric creeping motors 50hp - 60 DK storage batteries |
| Speed | list error: <br /> list (help) 14 knots (26 km/h) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged |
| Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 3,600 nautical miles at 14 knots surfaced 7,500 nautical miles at 9 knots surfaced 132 nautical miles at 2 knots submerged |
| Test depth | 295 feet |
| Complement | 53 officers and crew |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 8 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern), 14 torpedoes carried 1 x 100mm/51 cal. Main deck gun 1 x 45mm/46 cal. K-21 AA gun 1 x 7.62 machine-gun |
The Dekabrist'-class were the first class of submarines built for the Soviet Navy after the October Revolution. They were authorized in the Soviet Naval Shipbuilding Program of 1926.
Operational-tactical requirements and design concepts were formulated in 1923. In 1925 A Soviet naval mission obtained blueprints for the Balilla class submarine from the Italians and used concepts from that design together with Soviet ideas. The boats were constructed by the Ordzhonikidze Shipyard and the principal designer was B.M. Malinin. The first boat in the class was laid down on March 5, 1927; launched on November 3, 1928, and commissioned on November 18, 1930. This first boat, the Dekabrist, was later designated D-1, September 15, 1934.[1]
The class was of a double–hull design with 7 compartments and constructed using riveting. These boats were of Soviet design and had numerous technical shortcomings and construction defects. The most serious problems were their slow diving time and poor stability during diving.
In May 1933, the Dekabrist was shifted to the Northern Fleet via the White Sea-Baltic Canal. She remained in service until 1940. She showed high seaworthiness in polar circumstances. The boat was lost with entire crew in a diving accident on November 13, 1940 in Molotovskiy Bay.
General characteristics
- Displacement: 933 tons surfaced, 1354 tons submerged
- Length: 76.00 m
- Beam: 6.50 m
- Draught: 3.80 m
- Machinery: 2 shaft diesel electric,
- 2600 hp diesel
- 1600 hp electric motors
- Speed
- 14 knots (26 km/h) surfaced
- 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged
- Armament
- 8 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern), 14 torpedoes carried
- 1 - 100 mm gun, 1- 45 mm gun, 1 machine gun
- Crew: 53
Ships
| Ship | English Translation | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-1 Dekabrist Декабрист | A member of the Decembrist revolt | Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad | 3 November 1928 | Lost in accident November 1940 near Molotovsk in the White Sea |
| D-2 Narodovolets Народоволец | A member of Narodnaya Volya | Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad | 1929 | Decommissioned 1958 but from 1956 to 1987 was based in Kronstadt and served as a training ship. Finally, in 1989 on completion of the reconstruction was installed on shore as a memorial museum in St Petersburg.[2] |
| D-3 Krasnogvardyeyets Красногвардеец | Red Guardsman | Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad | 12 July 1929 | Sunk July 1942 off Norway |
| D-4 Revolutsioner Революционер | Revolutionary | Marti Yard, Nikolayev | 1929 | Sunk by German armed trawlers UJ 102 and UJ 103 off Yevpatoria, Crimea |
| D-5 Spartakovets Спартаковец | Follower of Spartacus | Marti Yard, Nikolayev | 1929 | Decommissioned 1950's |
| D-6 Yakobinets Якобинец | Jacobin | Marti Yard, Nikolayev | 1929 | Destroyed by bombing in Sevastopol dockyard, 12 November 1941 |
See also
References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting ships 1922-1946
- Vladimir Yakubov and Richard Worth, Raising the Red Banner -2008 Spellmount ISBN 978 1 86227 450 1
- Template:En icon Steel Navy
- Template:En icon Info from Russian Museums
- Template:En icon Narodovolets D-2, submarine memorial complex, Article, Saint Petersburg Encyclopedia,
- Template:Ru icon Article on Morflot website
- Template:En icon Uboat.net Website