Boris Mikhailovich Malinin (1889-1949) was a Soviet shipbuilding scientist and graduate of Saint Petersburg Polytechnical Institute

Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University

Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University is a major Russian technical university situated in Saint Petersburg. Previously it was known as the Peter the Great Polytechnical Institute and Kalinin Polytechnical Institute .-Imperial Russia:...

. From 1926 to 1940, he was the chief designer of the majority of Soviet submarines to include the Dekabrist-class

Dekabrist class submarine

The Dekabrist-class were the first class of submarines built for the Soviet Navy after the October Revolution. They were authorized in the Soviet Naval Shipbuilding Program of 1926....

, Leninets-class

Leninets class submarine

The Leninets or L-class were the second class of submarines to be built for the Soviet Navy. They were minelaying submarines and were based on the British L-class submarine, HMS L55, which was sunk during the British intervention in the Russian Civil War. Some experience from the previous...

, Shchuka-class

Shchuka class submarine

The Shchuka class submarines , also referred to as Shch or SC class submarines were a medium-sized class of Soviet submarines, built in large numbers and used during World War II...

, and Malyutka-class

Soviet M class submarine

The M-class submarines, also Malyutka-class , were a class of small, single-, or 1½-hulled submarines built in the Soviet Union and used during World War II. The submarines were built in sections so they could easily be transported by rail...

.

In 1913 at the age of 24, he designed and built the Bars-class

Bars class submarine (1915)

The Bars class were a group of submarines built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. A total of 24 boats were built between 1914 and 1917-Design:...

 submarine Volk . Later in May of 1916 under the command Captain Ivan Messer, the Volk destroyed three German transports.

Since November 4, 1926, under Malinin's leadership the Technical Bureau No.4 managed submarine construction at the Baltic Shipyard

Baltic Shipyard

The Baltic Shipyard is one of the oldest shipyards in Russia. It is located in Saint Petersburg in the south-western part of the Vasilievsky Island. It is one of the three shipyards active in Saint Petersburg...

. The name Technical Bureau No.4 was given to the former Submarine Department, and is still a secret department. In subsequent years, 133 submarines were built to the designs developed under Malinin's leadership.

In the 1950s the tradition continued when his son K.B. Malinin while serving as a naval officer provided sketches of what would later become the world's first ballistic missile submarines

Ballistic missile submarine

A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles .-Description:Ballistic missile submarines are larger than any other type of submarine, in order to accommodate SLBMs such as the Russian R-29 or the American Trident...

. Along with fellow officers B. F. Vasilyev, V. V. Bashenkov, and N. I. Petelin, their ideas and sketches were the basis of the preliminary specifications drawn up by the Technical Design Bureau (TsKB-16 (Volna)). The bureau's designs included the conversion of six Zulu-class

Zulu class submarine

The Soviet Navy's Project 611, NATO reporting name Zulu class, were one of the first Soviet post-war attack submarines. They were roughly as capable as the American GUPPY fleet-boat conversions. They were a contemporary of the Whiskey class submarines and shared a similar sonar arrangement...

 attack submarines to launch Scud missiles; this work led to the design of the Golf-class

Golf class submarine

Project 629, also known by the NATO reporting name of Golf class, were diesel electric ballistic missile submarines of the Soviet Navy. They were designed after six Zulu class submarines were successfully modified to carry and launch Scud missiles...

ballistic submarine.

External links

Nautical Facts Website

• Periods of Activities (1901-1926) at www.ckb-rubin.ru