Malyutka class
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The Malyutka class (M class) is a class of smaller submarines of the Soviet Union .
General
The M-Class boats were built from 1933 to 1947 in several, constantly improved lots , and were used from 1934 to the 1960s. A total of 141 boats were built, 111 by 1945, the rest of 30 after the war. The boats of the first construction batch were the smallest with a water displacement of 158 t in the submerged and 198 t in the surface. The water displacement increased over time, and the last construction lot then had a water displacement of 281 t when surfaced and 351 t when submerged. The length increased accordingly from 37.5 m in the first construction lot to 50 m in the last construction lot. The boats were powered by a diesel engine and an electric machine. They were all armed with two 533 mm bow torpedo tubes. The last construction lot also had two 533 mm stern torpedo tubes. All construction lots had a 45 mm semi-automatic cannon. The boats were modular, and the individual sections could be transported by rail. The main production site was Nizhny Novgorod , then Gorky. The segments were then transported by rail to Leningrad or the Black Sea , where they were welded. It was the first use of welded submarine hulls in the Soviet Union. The segments of M-200 "Mest" were transported to Baku (on the Cape Sea ), where they were assembled and deployed at short notice.
commitment
The main areas of use for the boats were the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea . 33 of the submarines were lost between 1941 and 1945, seven of them in the Black Sea. After 1954, four of the boats were sold to the People's Republic of China .
Accidents
M-200 "Mest" collided with the destroyer Statny on November 21, 1956 in the Suurup Passage of the Gulf of Finland ( Baltic Sea ) near Paldiski near Tallinn and sank within a few minutes. Of the 28-man crew, only six of the eight who were on the tower at the time of the accident could be rescued despite an attempt at rescue.
M-351 sank during an exercise near Balaclava in the Black Sea on August 22, 1957 , when water entered the engine room during a dive. On August 26th the boat could be lifted without loss.
Trivia
- In 2005 the boat class became the subject of an official postage stamp.
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