S-101 was an S-class submarine of the Soviet Navy. Her keel was laid down in Gorkiy on 20 June 1937. She was launched on 20 April 1938 and commissioned on 15 December 1940 in the Northern Fleet.

Service history

S-101 served in Northern Fleet; the most notable success of this boat was the torpedoing and sinking of German U-boat U-639 in the Kara Sea. S-101 was awarded with Order of the Red Banner because of the success.[1]

Ships sunk by S-101[2]
Date Ship Flag Tonnage Notes
29 March 1943 Ajax Nazi Germany
2297 GRT
 freighter (torpedo)
28 August 1943 U-639 Nazi Germany
769 GRT
 submarine (torpedo)
Total: 3066 GRT

References

  1. ^ Orlov Alex; Dmitriy Metelev; Evgeniy Chirva. "Великая Отечественная - под водой". Town.ural.ru. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  2. ^ "S-101 of the Soviet Navy - Soviet Submarine of the S (Stalinec) class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_S-101
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