| Sutjeska-class submarine | |
|---|---|
| Class overview | |
| Builders: | Uljanik Yard, Pula |
| Operators: |
 Yugoslav Navy |
| Preceded by: | Osvetnik-class submarine |
| Succeeded by: | Heroj-class submarine |
| Built: | 1957–1962 |
| In commission: | 1962–1987 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| Scrapped: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | submarine |
| Displacement: |
700 tons standard 820 tons full load surfaced 945 tons submerged |
| Length: | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Beam: | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.8 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
2-shaft diesel electric 2 × Sulzer diesels (1,800 hp (1,300 kW)) 2 × electric motors |
| Speed: |
14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged |
| Complement: | 38 |
| Armament: | 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern) |
The Sutjeska class were a group of submarines built for the Yugoslav Navy in the late 1950s.
Design[]
The design was done in Yugoslavia and Soviet sensors (radar and sonar) were used. The ships had a refit in the 1970s with modernised sonar.
Ships[]
Two boats were built in Pula by the Uljanik Shipyard
- P811 Neretva
- Laid down 1957
- Launched 1959
- Commissioned 1962
- Withdrawn from service c.1980, stricken 1987
- P812 Sutjeska
- Laid down: 1957
- Launched: 1958
- Commissioned :1962
- Withdrawn from service c.1980, stricken 1987
References[]
- Conway's All the World's Fighting ships 1947–1995
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