Dekabrist-class submarine

D-3 Krasnogvardyeyets on a Soviet stamp
Class overview
NameDekabrist
Builders
Operators Soviet Navy
Preceded byBars class (Imperial Russian Navy)
Succeeded byLeninets class
Built1927–1929
In service1928–1958
Planned6
Completed6
Lost4
Retired1
Preserved1
General characteristics
TypeDiesel-electric attack submarine
Displacement
  • 933 tons surfaced
  • 1,354 tons submerged
Length76.00 m (249 ft 4 in)
Beam6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draught3.80 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts, three-bladed propellers
  • - Two 1,100 hp MAN/Kolomna diesels
  • - Two 525 hp PG-20 electric motors
  • - Two electric creeping motors 50 hp
  • - 60 DK storage batteries
Speed
  • 14 knots (26 km/h) surfaced
  • 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged
Range
  • 7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 9 kn (17 km/h) surfaced
  • 132 nmi (244 km) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged
Test depth295 ft (90 m)
Complement53 officers and crew
Armament

The Dekabrist class, also known as Series I, were the first class of submarines built for the Soviet Navy after the October Revolution of 1917. They were authorized in the Soviet Naval Shipbuilding Program of 1926, marking the revival of submarine design in Russia, and began their sea trials in 1930.

Of the six vessels built, two survived World War II, and one submarine of the class is now a museum ship.