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Submarine L-4 GaribaldetsSubmarine L-4 Garibaldets
History
Soviet Union
NameL-4 Гарибальдиец (Garibalidiyets)
Laid down15 March 1930
Launched31 August 1931
Commissioned8 October 1933
Decommissioned2 November 1954
FateStricken on 17 February 1956
General characteristics
Class and typeLeninets-class submarine
Displacement
  • 1,200 tons surfaced
  • 1,335 tons submerged
Length81 m (265 ft 9 in)
Beam7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draft4.08 m (13 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric
  • 2 × diesels (1,600 hp, 1,200 kW total)
  • 2 × electric motors (1,250 hp, 930 kW total)
  • 2 shafts
Speed
  • 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced
  • 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range
  • 7,400 nmi (13,700 km; 8,500 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced
  • 154 nmi (285 km; 177 mi) at 3 kn (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged
Complement53
Armament
  • 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) L/68 gun
  • 1 × 45 mm (1.8 in) gun
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
  • 12 × torpedoes
  • 14 × mines
Service record
Part of: Black Sea Fleet

The World War II Soviet submarine L-4 belonged to the L class or Leninets class of minelayer submarines. She had been named Garibaldets in honour of the men of Garibaldi. During the war she was commanded by Evgeniy Petrovich Polyakov (Russian: Евгений Петрович Поляков).

Service history

For her service, the submarine was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Among her victories was the torpedoing of the German tanker Friederike (formerly Firuz), whose loss prevented her use during the Axis evacuation of Crimea during the Crimean Offensive.

In 1944 Michman Ivan Perov was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union.

Ships sunk by L-4
Date Ship Flag Tonnage Notes
15 September 1941 Chipka Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946) 2,304 GRT freighter (mine)
19 September 1941 W-2 Tsardom of Bulgaria (1908–1946) ca. 50 GRT minesweeper (mine)
10 October 1941 NMS Regele Carol I Kingdom of Romania 2,369 GRT minelayer (mine)
22 July 1943 Hudayi Bahri Turkey 29 GRT sailing vessel (gunfire)
23 July 1943 Gurpinar Turkey 100 GRT sailing vessel (gunfire)
28 July 1943 EL-73 Nazi Germany 139 GRT lighter (mine)
23 November 1943 Santa Fé Nazi Germany 4,627 GRT freighter (mine)
11 May 1944 Friederike Nazi Germany 7,327 GRT tanker (torpedo). Not sunk but written-off.
Total: 16,940 GRT

Mines from L-4 also damaged the German barge F-130. During an artillery duel she damaged the German barge F-329.

References

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