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V-4 submarine (1938 / 1944)


Ships


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


Technical data


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 equipmenttype 291W radar, type 129 sonar
Complement

27

Diving depth operational, m60


Standard scale images


<i>V-4 </i>1944
V-4 1944


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.