Soviet submarine S-101

design of the class
History
Soviet Union
Name:	S-101
Laid down:	20 June 1937
Launched:	20 April 1938
Commissioned:	15 December 1940
Decommissioned:	17 February 1956
Fate:	Scrapped in 1957
General characteristics
Class & type:	Soviet S-class submarine
Displacement:	840 long tons (853 t) surfaced 1,050 long tons (1,067 t) submerged
Length:	77.8 m (255 ft 3 in)
Beam:	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draught:	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	2 × diesels 2,000 hp (1,491 kW) each 2 × electric motors 550 hp (410 kW) each 2 × shafts
Speed:	19.5 knots (36.1 km/h; 22.4 mph) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Test depth:	100 m (330 ft)
Complement:	50 officers and men
Armament:	6 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft) 12 × torpedoes 1 × 100 mm (4 in) gun 1 × 45 mm (2 in) cannon

S-101 was a Stalinets-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down in Gorkiy on 20 June 1937. She was launched on 20 April 1938 and commissioned on 15 December 1940 in the Northern Fleet.

Service history

S-101 served in Northern Fleet; the most notable success of this boat was the torpedoing and sinking of German U-boat U-639 in the Kara Sea. S-101 was awarded with Order of the Red Banner because of the success.

Ships sunk by S-56

Date	Ship	Flag	Tonnage	Notes
29 March 1943	Ajax		2297 GRT	freighter (torpedo)
28 August 1943	U-639		769 GRT	submarine (torpedo)
Total:			3,066 GRT