Soviet submarine S-56: Difference between revisions

|Ship class=[[Soviet S-class submarine|''S''-class]] [[submarine]]

'''''S-56''''' was an [[Soviet S -class submarine|''S''-class]] [[submarine]] of the [[Soviet Navy]] during and after [[World War II]]. She was [[Keel laying|laid down]] by [[Admiralty Shipyard|shipyard #194]] in [[Leningrad]] on 24 November 1936, shipped in sections by rail to [[Vladivostok]] where it was reassembled by [[Dalzavod]].<ref name="museumtof.ru">{{cite web|url=http://museumtof.ru/index.php/filials/s-56 |title=МГК ПЛ "С-56" |publisher= |date=2011-02-08 |accessdate=2017-08-11}}</ref> She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 25 December 1939 and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 20 October 1941 in the Pacific Fleet.

During World War II, the submarine was under the command of Captain [[Grigori Shchedrin]] and was moved from the [[Soviet Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]] to the [[Soviet Northern Fleet|Northern fleet]] across the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans via the [[Panama Canal]]. After decommissioning, the submarine was turned into a [[museum ship]].<ref name="uboat">{{cite web|url=http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5116.html |title=S-56 of the Soviet Navy - Soviet Submarine of the S (Stalinec) class - Allied Warships of WWII |publisher=uboat.net |date= |accessdate=2014-08-03}}</ref>

The ''Srednyaya'' or ''S''-class submarine ({{lang-ru|Средняя|lit=medium}}), also called ''Stalinets''- class ({{lang-ru|Сталинец|lit=follower of Stalin}}), was an ocean-going [[diesel electric]] [[attack submarine]]. Its [[pressure hull]] had seven [[Compartment (ship)|compartments]], and the submarine's [[Displacement (ship)|displacement]] was {{convert|840|t|LT}} while on the surface and {{convert|1070|t|LT}} while submerged. It had a length of {{convert|77.8|m|ftin|abbr= on}}, a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|6.4|m|ftin}}, and a [[Draft (hull)|draft]] of {{convert|4|m|ftin}}. It had two [[diesel engine]]s to power it on the surface and two [[electric motor]]s for when it was submerged, providing {{convert|4000|shp|lk=on}} and {{convert|1100|shp}}, respectively, to the two [[propeller shaft (ship)|propeller shaftshafts]]s. This gave it a speed of {{convert|19.5|kn|km/h|lk=in}} on the surface and {{convert|9|kn|km/h}} while underwater, and the submarine had a range of {{convert|9500|nmi|km|lk=in}}. Its test depth was {{convert|79|m|ft}}, and as armament it had six {{convert|530|mm|in||abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s, one {{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on}} [[deck gun]], and one {{convert|45|mm|in|abbr=on}} gun.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Helgason | first = Guðmundur |title=S (Stalinec) class |url=https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class/215.html |work=Uboat.net |access-date=16 May 2024}}</ref>{{sfn|Gardiner|Chesneau|1980|p=337}}

''S-56'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] in [[Leningrad]] on 24 November 1936 before being shipped by rail to [[Vladivostok]], where it was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 25 December 1939. The submarine was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 20 October 1941 with [[Grigory Shchedrin]] in command.<ref name="uboat" /><ref name="storm">{{Cite web |last=Nikolayev |first=Andrei |title=С-56 |trans-title=S-56 |lang=ru |access-date=17 May 2024 |url=https://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/17-45/c%20IX-b/S-56/S-56.htm |work=Deepstorm.ru }}</ref>

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During the attack against ''Eurostadt'', another torpedo hit and damaged the German freighter ''Wartheland'' (36763,676 GRT) but the ship was saved because the torpedo was a dud.<ref name="uboat" />