Sutjeska class submarine
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The Sutjeska class were a group of submarines built for the Yugoslav Navy
in the late 1950's.
Yugoslav Navy
The Yugoslav Navy was the navy of Yugoslavia. It was essentially a coastal defense force with the mission of preventing enemy landings along the Yugoslavia's rugged 4,000- kilometer shoreline or coastal islands, and contesting an enemy blockade or control of the strategic Strait of Otranto...
in the late 1950's.
Design
The design was done in Yugoslavia and Soviet sensors (radar and sonar) were used. The ships had a refit in the 1970's with modernised sonar.Ships
Two boats were built in Pula by the Uljanik Shipyard- P811 Neretva
- Laid down 1957
- Launched 1959
- Commissioned 1962
- Withdrawn from service c. 1980, stricken 1987
- P812 Sutjeska
- Laid down: 1957
- Launched: 1958
- Commissioned :1962
- Withdrawn from service c. 1980, stricken 1987