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Marsuinul  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Marsuinul			Santieri Galati, Galatz	1938	22.5.1941	7.1943	captured by USSR 5.9.1944 (ТС-2 [TS-2])

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	636 / 860
Length, m	68.7
Breadth, m	6.45
Draught, m	3.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN diesels / 2 BBC electric motors
Power, h. p.	1840 / 860
Max speed, kts	16.6 / 8
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	8040(10) / 86(4)
Armament	1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/35, 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 6 - 533 TT (4 bow, 2 stern, 10), 20 mines
Complement	45
Diving depth operational, m	110 (max)

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Project history

Minelaying submarine representing increased version of Requinul with similar machinery. Project 298 was developed by German-Dutch Ingeenieurkantoor voor Scheepsbouw (IvS). Submarine was built by arsenal in Galatz with technical assistance of Weser AG. Mines were carried in 10 vertical tubes arranged in bulge tanks on 5 on each side. Tactical number S2.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

5.9.1944 Marsuinul was captured by Soviet troops at Constanza and 14.9.1944 commissioned by Soviet Navy as TS-2.