Kalev (1937)

Kalev
Kalev class
Submarine Kalev
Overview
Type	Submarine
Shipyard	Vickers-Armstrongs Limited , UK
Order	December 12, 1934
Keel laying	May 1935
Launch	July 7, 1936 at 1:20 p.m.
Namesake	Kalev
1. Period of service
period of service	1937-1940
Commissioning	March 12, 1937
home port	Tallinn
Whereabouts	Captured by the USSR in 1940
2. Period of service
period of service	1940-1941
Decommissioning	1941
home port	Tallinn , Leningrad
Whereabouts	lost in October 1941
Technical specifications
displacement	Overwater 665 t; Submerged 853 t
length	59.5 m
width	7.5 m
Draft	3.6 m
Diving depth	90 m (normal); 120 m (max. Tested)
crew	4 officers, 28 crew
drive	Above water: 2 × Vickers-Armstrongs Limited diesel engines with 600 HP each Submerged: 2 × Metropolitan Vickers electric motors with 395 hp each (205/220 V, 1600 A)
speed	13.5 knots above water , 8.5 knots submerged
Range	3,700 nm
Armament	4 bow torpedo tubes (Ø 533 mm); 8 torpedoes 1 × 40mm Bofors gun 1 x 7.7mm MG Lewis Gun 24 mines
Armor	Thickness of the steel pressure body 12 mm

The Kalev was a submarine built in 1937 , the lead ship of her class.

history

The Kalev submarine entered service in 1937 as the first Kalev- class unit for the Estonian Navy . It got its name after Kalev , a legendary hero of Estonian mythology .

After the Soviet occupation of Estonia , it served as a submarine for the Soviet Navy in 1940/1941 . During the Second World War , the Kalev took part in military operations with other ships in the Baltic Fleet , including the evacuation of Tallinn .

The submarine never returned from a patrol trip in 1941. It was declared lost after October 29, 1941.