L-55 submarine (1918 / 1931)

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
L-55 (ex-L55), 12.1932- Л-55 [L-55]		539	Fairfield, Govan, UK // 189 Yd (Ordzhonikize Yd), Leningrad	5.1917	21.9.1918	12.1918 // 7.1931	test ship 1.1940, charging plant 5.1943

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	954 / 1139
Length, m	71.6
Breadth, m	7.20
Draught, m	4.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	2400 / 1600
Max speed, kts	13.5 / 8.2
Fuel, t	diesel oil 106
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(8) / 75(4)
Armament	2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 6 - 533 TT (bow, 12)
Complement	49
Diving depth operational, m	50

Standard scale images

L55 1918

Project history

Former British submarine L55, attacked by Russian destroyers Azard and Gavriil, mined when dived and sunk 4.6.1919. She was salvaged in 1928, repaired and commissioned by Red Fleet.

Modernizations

1934: Vickers diesels were replaced by 42BM6 (2200hp).

Naval service