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V-4 submarine (1938/1944)

V-4 1944

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Â-4 [V-4] (ex-Ursula)   730 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 2.1937 16.2.1938 12.1938 // 5.1944 to UK spring 1950
  

Displacement standard, t

540

Displacement normal, t

630 / 730

Length, m

58.2

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

4.62

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman-Ricardo diesel-generators , 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

615 / 825

Max speed, kts

11.25 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 38

Endurance, nm(kts) 4050(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II, 3 x 1 - 12.7/62, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 ext bow, 8 or 6 mines)

Electronic equipment type 291W radar, type 129 sonar

Complement

27

Diving depth operational, m 60

Project history: Former British submarine of U class, transferred to USSR on account of reparations from Italy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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