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.

Boats

Name Pennant number Namesake Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Fate
Sutjeska P-811 Battle of the Sutjeska Uljanik Shipyard, Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia 1957 28 September 1958 16 September 1960 Deleted during the 1980s
Neretva P-812 Battle of the Neretva 1957 1959 1962 Deleted during the 1980s

References

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