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The S 13 - A German-designed submarine
One little known fact, and somehow ironic in a sense, is the fact that the submarine S 13 was a German-designed boat! Indeed, in order to bypass certain clauses of the Treaty of Versailles imposed on Germany after the First World War, Germany had established several factories in certain foreign countries and the S 13 design was a product of such a factory, the " Enginiers-Kantoor voor Scheepsbouw" located in The Hague, The Netherlands.
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The factory was then jointly owned by German interests, namely the "Krupps Germania-Werft of Kiel and other concerns, among which was the Deutsche Schiff und Maschinenbau AG of Bremen. Lastly. One of the co-owner was the German Navy! The S 13 was a product of that firm and had been sold/handed over to Russia in the days when Germany was allied with Russia.No detailed photograph of the submarine used by Captain Marinesko could be found. However, on this page are shown photographs of the S 56, a close sistership of the S 13 Stalinet Class submarine.
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The S 56 was a Stalinetz Class Serie XI. while the S-13 was a Stalinetz Class Serie IX. There were no evident external difference between those two classes. Both were 78 meters in length overall and 7 meters in breath. The S-56 was mastered by Capt Shchedrin and operated in the Pacific Ocean and the North Sea. He was awarded the Hero of the USSR decoration. This boat which was a Red Banner boat is now open for public at the Zolotoj Rog Ferry Terminal in Vladivostok.Both boats were built at the Admiralskiy Ship yard Leningrad and were then transferred by railroad to Vladivostok where they were assembled.
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