Soviet submarine S-363 facts for kids
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Name | S-363 |
Builder | Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad |
Yard number | 252 |
Laid down | 12 January 1956 |
Launched | 16 November 1956 |
Commissioned | 17 September 1957 |
Stricken | 1990s |
Homeport | Liepāja |
Fate | Museum ship |
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Class and type | Whiskey-class submarine |
Displacement | 1,030 t (1,010 long tons) |
Length | 76 m (249 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
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Range | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km) to 15,000 nmi (28,000 km) |
Test depth | ~400–450 m (1,310–1,480 ft) |
Complement | ~60 |
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Soviet submarine S-363 (unofficial Swedish name: U137) was a Soviet submarine that ran aground outside the town of Karlskrona in Sweden on 27 October 1981. On 5 November the same year, it was led out of Swedish territorial waters.
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