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BULGARIAN NAVY (BULGARIA)

SUBMARINES

M-1 submarines (1944-1947/1954)

M-1 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
M-1 (ex-М-202 Рыбник Донбасса [M-202 Rybnik Donbassa]) 41   196 Yd (Sudomekh Wks), Leningrad, USSR // 638 Yd (Stalin Yd), Astrakhan, USSR 5.1940 15.7.1941 19.2.1944 // 18.8.1954 to USSR late 1958
M-2 (ex-М-203 Иркутский Рыбак [M-203 Irkutskiy Rybak]) 42   196 Yd (Sudomekh Wks), Leningrad, USSR // 638 Yd (Stalin Yd), Astrakhan, USSR 10.1940 7.7.1941 28.10.1944 // 18.8.1954 to USSR late 1958
M-3 (ex-M-204) 43   196 Yd (Sudomekh Wks), Leningrad, USSR 10.1940 17.7.1946 25.6.1947 // 18.8.1954 discarded 1959

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

280 / 351

Length, m

49.5

Breadth, m

4.40

Draught, m

2.81

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 11D diesels / 2 PG-17 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1200 / 430

Max speed, kts

15.5 / 7.9

Fuel, t

diesel oil 14

Endurance, nm(kts) 4500(8) / 85(2.9)

Armament

1 x 1 - 45/46 21K, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 4)

Electronic equipment Mars-8 hydrophone

Complement

23

Diving depth operational, m

60

Project history: Former Soviet Project 96 small coastal submarines.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016