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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.
| U-137.jpg A plaque at the location of the grounding | |
| Career (Soviet Union) |  |
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| Name: | S-363 |
| Builder: | Ordzhonikidze Yard, Leningrad |
| Yard number: | 252 |
| Laid down: | 12 January 1956[1] |
| Launched: | 16 November 1956 |
| Commissioned: | 17 September 1957 |
| Struck: | 1990s |
| Homeport: | Liepāja |
| Fate: | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| 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)[2] |
| Complement: | ~60 |
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References
- ↑ Orbat, archived from the original on 7 October 2007.
- ↑ "U137, Grundstötningen" [U 137, The Grounding]. Statens Maritima Museer (in Swedish). Sweden. Archived from the original on 8 October 2007.
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Other websites
- Story of the incident with photos Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
