Pravda class submarine
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: |  Soviet Navy |
| In service: | 1935 - 1956 |
| In commission: | - 1956 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1200 tons surfaced 1870 tons submerged |
| Length: | 90.0 m |
| Beam: | 8 |
| Draught: | 3.10 |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft diesel electric, 5400 hp diesel, 1400 hp electric |
| Speed: | surface - 18.5 knots submerged - 7.7 knots |
| Range: | 5,700 nm at 10 knots |
| Test depth: | 260 ft (79 m) |
| Complement: | 54 |
| Armament: | 4 × bow torpedo tubes 2 × stern torpedo tubes (10 torpedoes) 2 × 100 mm guns, 1 - 45mm guns, |
The Pravda Class or P class submarines were built for the Soviet Navy in the mid 1930s and served in World War II. They were intended to operate with the surface fleet but failed to meet specifications, particularly for surface speed. The initial design envisaged 130mm guns for surface action. These boats had a long building time, being laid down in 1931 and completed in 1936.
They were double hull boats with 8 compartments. Their main shortcomings were underpowered machinery, a long diving time and poor seakeeping. The two surviving boats had their conning towers re-built to resemble the later K class.
[edit] Ships
3 boats were built by Ordzhinikidze Yaed Leningrad. All served with the Baltic Fleet.
- P1 Pravda (Truth) - Launched 3 January 1934 - sunk off Hango Finland 17 September 1941
- P2 Zvezda (Star) - Launched 1934 - Broken up 1956
- P3 Iskra (Spark) - Launched 1934 - Broken up 1952
[edit] References
- Conways all the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922-1946
