Pravda class submarine

Pravda class submarine

The "Pravda" Class or P class submarines were built for the Soviet Navy in the mid 1930s and served in World War II. They were intended to operate with the surface fleet but failed to meet specifications, particularly for surface speed. The initial design envisaged 130mm guns for surface action. These boats had a long building time, being laid down in 1931 and completed in 1936.

They were double hull boats with 8 compartments. Their main shortcomings were underpowered machinery, a long diving time and poor seakeeping. Weakness in hull strength had to be remedied by stiffening and weight cutting. Yakubov and Worth state that these were the leat successful Soviet submarines of this era and were relegated to secondary duties on completion. The two surviving boats had their conning towers re-built to resemble the later K class.

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3 boats were built by Ordzhinikidze Yaed Leningrad. All served with the Baltic Fleet.

* P1 "Pravda" (Truth) - Launched 3 January 1934 - sunk off Hango Finland 17 September 1941
* P2 "Zvezda" (Star) - Launched 1934 - Broken up 1956
* P3 "Iskra" (Spark) - Launched 1934 - Broken up 1952

A fourth boat was planned but not laid down

References

* "Conways all the Worlds Fighting Ships 1922-1946"
* Vladimir Yakubov and Richard Worth, Raising the Red Banner -2008 Spellmount ISBN 978 1 86227 450 1


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