Allied Warships

S-51

Submarine of the S (Stalinec) class

NavyThe Soviet Navy
TypeSubmarine
ClassS (Stalinec) 
Pennant 
Mod2nd group (Type IX-modified) 
Built byBaltiyskiy Zavod (Leningrad, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 189 ; Dalzavod (Vladivostok, U.S.S.R.) / Yard 202 
Ordered 
Laid down29 Apr 1937 
Launched30 Aug 1940 
Commissioned30 Nov 1941 
End service7 Sep 1954 
History

Pacific fleet, later Northern fleet.

Decommissioned on 7 September 1954.
Stricken on 11 February 1972.
Became a memorial in 1973.

 

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Notable events involving S-51 include:


13 May 1943
S-51 attacked a German convoy of the Tanafjord, four torpedoes were fired but none found a target. The torpedoes were fired from 20 meters down without a visual check. The German merchant Africana (5868 GRT) reported being missed.

23 Jun 1943
S-51 attacked a German convoy of the Tanafjord, four torpedoes were fired but none found a target.

27 Jun 1943
S-51 attacked a German convoy of the Tanafjord, four torpedoes were fired but once again none found a target.

3 Sep 1943
S-51 torpedoed and sank the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 1202/Franz Dankworth (464 GRT) off the Kongsfjord in position 70°48'N, 29°35'E.

5 Sep 1943
S-51 fires two torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of 2000 tons off the Kongsfjord. Both torpedoes missed their target.

8 Sep 1943
S-51 attacked a German convoy of the Kongsfjord, four torpedoes were fired but none found a target. The torpedoes were fired from 19 meters down without a visual check.

10 Oct 1944
S-51 attacked a German convoy off the Porsangerfjord. All four torpedoes fired in this attack missed their targets


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