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The ''Leninets'' or L class were the second class of
Six ships were built (L1 to L6), all launched in 1931. Three were assigned to the
Six ships were built (L7 to L 12) and launched between 1935 and 1936. All were built for the Pacific Fleet by plant 202 "Dalzavod" Vladivostok and plant 199 Komsomolsk-na-Amure.
Seven ships were built (L13 to L19) and launched from 1937 to 1938. All were assigned to the Pacific Fleet. Considered a new project, the hull was based on the ''Srednyaya'' class. They carried 18 mines.
6 ships were built (L20 to L25) and launched from 1940 to 1941. 3 were assigned to the Baltic Fleet and 3 to the Black Sea Fleet. This group added stern torpedo tubes and new, more powerful diesel engines.
L-class submarines
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submarine
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s to be built for the Soviet Navy. Twenty-five were built in four groups between 1931 and 1941. They were minelaying submarines and were based on the British L-class submarine, , which was sunk during the British intervention in the Russian Civil War. Some experience from the previous s was also utilised. The boats were of the saddle tank type and mines were carried in two stern galleries as pioneered on the pre-war Russian submarine Krab (1912)
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, the world's first minelaying submarine. These boats were considered successful by the Soviets. Groups 3 and 4 had more powerful engines and a higher top speed.
Ships
Group 1
Six ships were built (L1 to L6), all launched in 1931. Three were assigned to the Baltic Fleet
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and three to the Black Sea Fleet
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, including Soviet submarine L-3.
Group 2
Six ships were built (L7 to L 12) and launched between 1935 and 1936. All were built for the Pacific Fleet by plant 202 "Dalzavod" Vladivostok and plant 199 Komsomolsk-na-Amure.
Group 3
Seven ships were built (L13 to L19) and launched from 1937 to 1938. All were assigned to the Pacific Fleet. Considered a new project, the hull was based on the ''Srednyaya'' class. They carried 18 mines.
Group 4
6 ships were built (L20 to L25) and launched from 1940 to 1941. 3 were assigned to the Baltic Fleet and 3 to the Black Sea Fleet. This group added stern torpedo tubes and new, more powerful diesel engines.
References
Sources
* * Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946.'' Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. . * Yakubov, Vladimir and Worth, Richard. (2008) ''Raising the Red Banner: The Pictorial History of Stalin's Fleet 1920-1945.'' Spellmount.External links
L-class submarines
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