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{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=1973 CPA 4278.jpg | Ship caption= D-3 Krasnogvardyeyets on a Soviet stamp
}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name=Dekabrist | Builders=*3 at Ordzhonikidze Shipyard, Leningrad- 3 at Marti Yard, Nikolayev
| Soviet Union}} | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range=1927-1929 | In service range= 1928-1958 | In commission range= | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=6 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active= | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost=4 | Total ships retired= | Total ships preserved=1
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type=diesel/electric-powered attack submarine | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=*933 tons surfaced | Ship tons burthen= | 76.00|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 6.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 3.80|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*2 shafts, three-bladed propellers- - Two 1,100hp MAN/Kolomna diesels
- - Two 525hp PG-20 electric motors
- - Two electric creeping motors 50hp
- - 60 DK storage batteries
| Ship sail plan= | 14|kn|km/h|0}} surfaced- {{convert|9|kn|km/h|0}} submerged
| 3,600|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} surfaced- {{convert|7,500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|9|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} surfaced
- {{convert|132|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|2|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} submerged
| Ship endurance= | 295|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=53 officers and crew | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | 21|in|mm|0|adj=on}} torpedo tubes (6 bow, 2 stern), 14 torpedoes carried- 1 × 100mm/51 cal. Main deck gun
- 1 × 45mm/46 cal. K-21 AA gun
- 1 × 7.62 machine-gun
| Ship armour= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | The Dekabrist-class were the first class of submarines built for the Soviet Navy after the October Revolution. They were authorized in the Soviet Naval Shipbuilding Program of 1926. Operational-tactical requirements and design concepts were formulated in 1923. In 1925 a Soviet naval mission had obtained blueprints for the {{sclass-|Balilla|submarine|1}} from the Italians: concepts from that design were used together with Soviet ideas. The boats were constructed by the Ordzhonikidze Shipyard and the principal designer was Boris Malinin. The first boat in the class was laid down on March 5, 1927; launched on November 3, 1928, and commissioned on November 18, 1930. This first boat, Dekabrist, was later designated D-1 on September 15, 1934.[1] The class was of a double–hull design with 7 compartments and constructed using riveting. These boats were of Soviet design and had numerous technical shortcomings and construction defects. The most serious problems were their slow diving time and poor stability during diving. In May 1933, Dekabrist was shifted to the Northern Fleet via the White Sea–Baltic Canal. She remained in service until 1940. She showed high seaworthiness in polar circumstances. The boat was lost with her entire crew in a diving accident on November 13, 1940 in Motovsky Gulf. Ships| Number | Ship | English translation | Builder | Launched | Notes&Fate | | D-1 | Russian submarine|Dekabrist|D-1|2}} Декабрист | A member of the Decembrist revolt | Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad | 3 November 1928 | Lost in accident November 1940 in Motovsky Gulf near Murmansk during training mission. | | D-2 | Russian submarine|Narodovolets|D-2|2}} Народоволец | A member of Narodnaya Volya | Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad | 1929 | Sank German merchant Jacobus Fritzen.[2] Decommissioned 1958 but from 1956 to 1987 was based in Kronstadt and served as a training ship. Finally, in 1989 on completion of the reconstruction was installed on shore as a memorial museum in St Petersburg.[3] | | D-3 | Russian submarine|Krasnogvardyeyets|D-3|2}} Красногвардеец | Red Guardsman | Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad | 12 July 1929 | Sunk July 1942 off Norway | | D-4 | Russian submarine|Revolutsioner|D-4|2}} Революционер | Revolutionary | Marti Yard, Nikolayev | 1929 | Sunk German merchants Boy Federson, Santa Fe and Bulgarian merchant Varna.[4] Sunk by German armed trawlers UJ 102 and UJ 103 off Yevpatoria, Crimea | | D-5 | Russian submarine|Spartakovets|D-5|2}} Спартаковец | Follower of Spartacus | Marti Yard, Nikolayev | 1929 | Decommissioned 1950s | | D-6 | Russian submarine|Yakobinets|D-6|2}} Якобинец | Jacobin | Marti Yard, Nikolayev | 1929 | Destroyed by bombing in Sevastopol dockyard, 12 November 1941 |
See also - Russian ship naming conventions
Notes 1. ^ {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409025302/http://www.submarinesonstamps.co.il/openhist.php?ID=44 |date=April 9, 2008 }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4865.html |title=D-2 / Narodovolyets |work=uboat.net |accessdate=11 December 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.encspb.ru/en/article.php?kod=2804034369 |title=Narodovolets D-2, submarine memorial complex |work=Saint Petersburg Encyclopedia |accessdate=11 December 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4867.html |title=D-4 / Revolutsyoner |work=uboat.net |accessdate=11 December 2014}}
References- Conway's All the World's Fighting ships 1922-1946
- Vladimir Yakubov and Richard Worth, Raising the Red Banner -2008 Spellmount {{ISBN|978-1-86227-450-1}}
- {{en icon}} Steel Navy
- {{en icon}} Info from Russian Museums
- {{en icon}} Narodovolets D-2, submarine memorial complex, Article, Saint Petersburg Encyclopedia,
- {{ru icon}} Article on Morflot website
- {{en icon}} Uboat.net Website
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