Soviet submarine S-2

	S-2 (as seen at the hull) and famous commander of S-13 on a Moldovan stamp
History
Soviet Union
Name	S-2
Commissioned	23 September 1936
Fate	Mined in Sea of Åland, January 2, 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	S-class attack submarine
Displacement	840 tonnes (surfaced); 1050 tonnes (submerged);
Length	77.8 m
Beam	6.4 m
Draught	4.4 m
Propulsion	2 × diesels (2000 hp); 2 × electric motors (550 hp); 2 × propeller shafts.;
Speed	19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced; 9 knots (16.7 km/h) submerged;
Range	9800 miles (10.4 knots) surfaced; 148 miles (3 knots) submerged;
Test depth	100 m
Complement	8 officers; 16 non-coms and; 21 ratings;
Sensors and ; processing systems	2 × periscopes; Mars-12 microphone system; Sirius communication system; ASDIC (on some boats);
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; (4 forward, 2 aft, 12 torpedoes); 1 × 100 mm gun; 1 × 45 mm 21-K gun; mines;

S-2 was a Soviet S-class submarine. In early 1940, it entered Swedish territorial waters in the Sea of Åland where it hit a Swedish naval mine, and sank on January 2, 1940 with the loss of all 50 crew members.

Wreck discovery[]

A search for the submarine wreck was begun in April 1999^[1] by a team of divers from Sweden and Åland. According to the Military Archives of Sweden, the submarine hit the mine in Swedish territorial waters, but the Finnish archives specify the sinking occurred on Finnish territorial waters. The uncertainty of position necessitated a prolonged search. The diving team finally discovered the wreck inside Swedish territorial waters. One member of the diving team, Ingvald Eckerman, is a grandson of J. A. Eckerman who, as the lighthouse-keeper of the lighthouse at Märket, witnessed the submarine sinking in 1940.^[2]

The wreck was emptied of munitions during the summer of 2012.^[3]

References[]

^ "Sovjetiskt ubåtsvrak hittat (Soviet submarine wreck found)". Svenska Dagbladet web site (in Swedish). June 9, 2009.
^ Long-lost World War II sub found off Swedish coast. CNN. 9 June 2009.
^ Ahvenanmeren venäläissukellusvene tyhjennetään räjähteistä. Ilta-Sanomat, 25 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

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[1] "Sovjetiskt ubåtsvrak hittat (Soviet submarine wreck found)". Svenska Dagbladet web site (in Swedish). June 9, 2009.

[2] Long-lost World War II sub found off Swedish coast. CNN. 9 June 2009.

[3] Ahvenanmeren venäläissukellusvene tyhjennetään räjähteistä. Ilta-Sanomat, 25 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-25.

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v t Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in January 1940
Shipwrecks	3 Jan: S-2 7 Jan: HMS Seahorse, HMS Undine 9 Jan: HMS Starfish 13 Jan: Aura II 19 Jan: HMS Grenville 21 Jan: HMS Exmouth 24 Jan: Ljubljana 26 Jan: HMS Durham Castle 30 Jan: U-15, U-55
Other incidents	13 Jan: Duchess of York, Duke of Lancaster, Herrlichkeit
1939 1940 1941 December 1939 February 1940

History
S-2 (as seen at the hull) and famous commander of S-13 on a Moldovan stamp
Soviet Union
Name	S-2
Commissioned	23 September 1936
Fate	Mined in Sea of Åland, January 2, 1940
General characteristics
Class and type	S-class attack submarine
Displacement	840 tonnes (surfaced) 1050 tonnes (submerged)
Length	77.8 m
Beam	6.4 m
Draught	4.4 m
Propulsion	2 × diesels (2000 hp) 2 × electric motors (550 hp) 2 × propeller shafts.
Speed	19.5 knots (36 km/h) surfaced 9 knots (16.7 km/h) submerged
Range	9800 miles (10.4 knots) surfaced 148 miles (3 knots) submerged
Test depth	100 m
Complement	8 officers 16 non-coms and 21 ratings
Sensors and processing systems	2 × periscopes Mars-12 microphone system Sirius communication system ASDIC (on some boats)
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 forward, 2 aft, 12 torpedoes) 1 × 100 mm gun 1 × 45 mm 21-K gun mines

v t Soviet S-class submarine
S-2 S-7 S-13 S-56 S-101
List of Soviet and Russian submarines List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes