Soviet submarine S-13

S-13 portrayed on a Russian stamp, issued in 1996
History
Soviet Union
NameS-13
Laid down19 October 1938
Launched25 April 1939
Commissioned31 July 1941
Decommissioned7 September 1954
Stricken17 December 1956
HomeportKronstadt
General characteristics
Class and typeSoviet S-class submarine
Displacement
  • 840 long tons (853 t) surfaced
  • 1,050 long tons (1,067 t) submerged
Length77.8 m (255 ft 3 in)
Beam6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draught4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesels 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) each
  • 2 × electric motors 550 hp (410 kW) each
  • 2 × shafts
Speed
  • 19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) surfaced
  • 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h) submerged
Test depth100 m (330 ft)
Complement50 officers and men
Armament
  • 6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft)
  • 12 × torpedoes
  • 1 × 100 mm (4 in) gun
  • 1 × 45 mm (2 in) cannon

S-13 was an S-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down by Krasnoye Sormovo in Gorky on 19 October 1938. She was launched on 25 April 1939 and commissioned on 31 July 1941 in the Baltic Fleet,[1] under the command of Captain Pyotr Malanchenko [ru].[2] The submarine is best known for the 1945 sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff, a German military transport ship/converted cruise ship. With a career total of 44,701 GRT (gross register tonnage) sunk or damaged, she is the highest-scoring Soviet submarine in history.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference uboat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Chirva, Evgeniy; Metelev, Dmitriy (eds.). "Люди". Великая Отечественная под водой: О подлодках и подводниках 1941 – 1945 гг. (in Russian). Retrieved 2 March 2024.