Soviet Navy Series IV (1935-56), 3 boats: Pravda, Zvezda, Iskra The “Pravda” (“Truth”) class, also the name of an early Soviet propaganda newspaper, was an attempt to design an oceanic, cruiser-style submarine for commerce raiding, following a trend started in 1917 with the German U-Kreuzer of the U151 and U139 class, inspiring the British X1, … Read more
Soviet Navy Series III, V, X (1931-41), 86 boats. The “Shchuka” (“Pike”) class was the bedrock of the Soviet Submarine Force in the interwar and WW2. The series III were the start of a lineage that also comprised the Series V, V-bis, V-bis-2, and X, X-1938 making for a total of 86 boats. This family … Read more
Soviet Navy Series II (L-1 to L-25), Four groups 1930-41. The Series II, also known as the “Leninets” or “L” class were the second medium submersible design for the Soviet Navy after the Dekabrist or D class of the late 1920s. They were the first also mass built to an extent, as part of the … Read more
