Dekabrist D Class
There were six of these made in the prewar years. The first one was named Dekabrist and it was commisioned in 1934. They were double hull constuction with seven compartments.
Length was 249 ft. Beam was 21 ft. It was powered by two diesels and two shafts , turning three bladed propellors. Test depth was 295 ft. It could make 14 knots on the surface and 9 knots submerged. It was armed with eight 21" torpedo tubes. Of the six that were made, only two survived the war, one of which, Navrodolets is a museum boat that many of these pictures were taken from. Navrodolets, which was the second of the Dekabrist class had a different conning tower from the first boat.
Dekabrist
There were six of these made in the prewar years. The first one was named Dekabrist and it was commisioned in 1934. They were double hull constuction with seven compartments.
Length was 249 ft. Beam was 21 ft. It was powered by two diesels and two shafts , turning three bladed propellors. Test depth was 295 ft. It could make 14 knots on the surface and 9 knots submerged. It was armed with eight 21" torpedo tubes. Of the six that were made, only two survived the war, one of which, Navrodolets is a museum boat that many of these pictures were taken from. Navrodolets, which was the second of the Dekabrist class had a different conning tower from the first boat.
Dekabrist
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