page_title: Soviet S-class submarine
hierarchical_section_title: Soviet S-class submarine
caption_attribution_description: English: This photo was taken by Michael Chekalin, who agreed to release it under Creative Commons license. It shows a Soviet WWII-era S-56 submarine and guard ship "Krasnyi Vympel" on memorial display in Vladivostok.
context_page_description: The S-class or Srednyaya submarines were part of the Soviet Navy's underwater fleet during World War II. Unofficially nicknamed Stalinets, boats of this class were the most successful and achieved the most significant victories among all Soviet submarines. In all, they sank 82,770 gross register tons of merchant shipping and seven warships, which accounts for about one-third of all tonnage sunk by Soviet submarines during the war.
context_section_description: The S-class or Srednyaya (Russian: Средняя, "medium") submarines were part of the Soviet Navy's underwater fleet during World War II. Unofficially nicknamed Stalinets (Russian: Сталинец, "follower of Stalin"; not to be confused with the submarine L-class L-2 Stalinets of 1931), boats of this class were the most successful and achieved the most significant victories among all Soviet submarines. In all, they sank 82,770 gross register tons (GRT) of merchant shipping and seven warships, which accounts for about one-third of all tonnage sunk by Soviet submarines during the war.
caption: S-56 on display in Vladivostok
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