Allied Warships

S-31

Submarine of the S (Stalinec) class

NavyThe Soviet Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassS (Stalinec) 
Pennant 
Mod2nd group (Type IX-modified) 
Built byMarti Yard (Nikolayev, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 198 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Oct 1937 
Launched22 Feb 1939 
Commissioned19 Jun 1940 
End service14 Mar 1955 
History

Black Sea fleet.

Decommissioned on 14 March 1955.
Stricken on 14 March 1975.

 

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Notable events involving S-31 include:


21 Sep 1942
S-31 fires two torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of 1500 tons south of Yalta, Crimea. Both torpedoes missed their target.

22 Sep 1942
S-31 fires two torpedoes against the German barge F-359 south of Yalta, Crimea. Both torpedoes missed their target.

17 Oct 1943
S-31 fires four torpedoes against the German barge F 418 some 23 nautical miles south-west of Yevpatoriya, Crimea in position 44°59'N, 32°56'E. The torpedoes missed their target.

18 Oct 1943
S-31 fires four torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of 5000 tons some 30 nautical miles south-east of Yevpatoriya, Crimea in position 44°58'N, 32°46'E. Both torpedoes missed their target.

9 Dec 1943
S-31 torpedoed and sank the German barge F 580 (155 BRT) some 20 nautical miles east of Ak-Mechet, Crimea in position 45°29'N, 32°19'E.

13 Apr 1944
S-31 fires 4 torpedoes against the Romanian merchant Ardeal (5695 BRT) in the Black Sea some 105 nautical miles east-south-east of Constanta, Romania in position 43°38'N, 31°00'E. All four torpedoes missed their target.


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