Sutjeska-class submarine

Class overview
Builders: Uljanik Yard, Pula
Operators:  Yugoslav Navy
Preceded by: Osvetnik-class submarine
Succeeded by: Heroj-class submarine
Built: 1957–1962
In commission: 1962–1987
Completed: 2
Retired: 2
Scrapped: 2
General characteristics
Type:submarine
Displacement:700 tons standard
820 tons full load surfaced
945 tons submerged
Length:60 m (200 ft)
Beam:6.6 m (22 ft)
Draught:4.8 m (16 ft)
Propulsion:2-shaft diesel electric
2 × Sulzer diesels (1,800 hp (1,300 kW))
2 × electric motors
Speed:14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced
9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Complement:38
Armament:6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)

The Sutjeska class were a group of submarines built for the Yugoslav Navy in the late 1950s.

Design

The design was done in Yugoslavia and Soviet sensors (radar and sonar) were used. The ships had a refit in the 1970s with modernised sonar.

Ships

Two boats were built in Pula by the Uljanik Shipyard

Laid down 1957
Launched 1959
Commissioned 1962
Withdrawn from service c.1980, stricken 1987
Laid down: 1957
Launched: 1958
Commissioned :1962
Withdrawn from service c.1980, stricken 1987

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