S-3
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| Type | Submarine |
| Class | S |
| Nation | Soviet Union |
| Voice | None |
| Level 1 HP | 840 |
| Level 1 Weight Cap | 111 |
| Vestures to Rescue | 12 (11) |
| Traits | Cheerful Childlike Avoidant |
One of the original Srednyaya-class ("Stalinets") submarines, and one of only three that used German machinery before production went fully domestic. Attacked by German E-boats during a refit in June 1941, she was caught trying to escape and destroyed by artillery, grenades, and depth charges.
— In-game description
S-3 is a Soviet Belle available at the start of the game, September '39
| Vesture Type | Vesture Name | XP | Stat 1 | Stat 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accoutrement | Red Ribbons | 1100 | Torpedo Wake Visibility: TB3 | None |
| Good Luck Charm | Bird of Happiness Toy | 400 | Torpedo Speed: TB1 | None |
| Honor | Medal for Courage | 400 | Torpedo Accuracy: TB1 | None |
| Library | Nikolay Nosov, Zatejniki | 1100 | Torpedo Wake Visibility: TB2 | None |
| Music | Blanter/Isakovsky, "Katyusha" | 400 | Torpedo Dud Rate: TB1 | None |
| Recreation | Toffee | 1100 | Max Operating Depth | None |
| HQ Level | Map Name | Map Type | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | The Raiders of Iceland | Campaign Map | N/A | N/A |
| 150 | The Black Patrol | Campaign Map | N/A | N/A |
| 40 | The Kuril Diamonds | Event Map | 2023-04-08 | 2023-04-24 |
| 65 | Rumblings in the Kara Sea | Event Map | 2023-03-09 | 2023-03-24 |
| Level 1 Hull Points | 840 |
| Speed | 19.5 |
| Refit Capacity | 13 |
| Weight capacity | 111 |
| Reserves | 5 |
| Waterline Length | 255.249 |
| Mean Beam | 16.798 |
| Mean Height | 11 |
| Sortie Cost | 1 |
| Compartments | 2 |
| Horizontal Armor: Citadel | 0.425 |
| Horizontal Armor: Conn | 0.425 |
| Horizontal Armor: Fore & Aft | 0.425 |
| Horizontal Armor: Superstructure | 0.425 |
| Vertical Armor: Barbette | 0.425 |
| Vertical Armor: Citadel | 0.425 |
| Vertical Armor: Conn | 0.425 |
| Vertical Armor: Fore & Aft | 0.425 |
| Vertical Armor: Superstructure | 0.425 |
Main Battery 1
| Item Type | Item Name |
|---|---|
| Director | Not Equipped |
| Rangekeeper | Not Equipped |
| RDF | Not Equipped |
| Position | Barrels | Naval Gun |
|---|---|---|
| Centerline | 1 | 1x 100mm/51 B-24 |
Main Battery 2
| Item Type | Item Name |
|---|---|
| Director | Not Equipped |
| Rangekeeper | Not Equipped |
| RDF | Not Equipped |
| Position | Barrels | Naval Gun |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | -- |
Main Battery 3
| Item Type | Item Name |
|---|---|
| Director | Not Equipped |
| Rangekeeper | Not Equipped |
| RDF | Not Equipped |
| Position | Barrels | Naval Gun |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | -- |
Light Battery I-III
| Group | Position | Light Gun |
|---|---|---|
| I | Wing | 2x 12.7mm/79 DShK MG |
| II | N/A | Not Equipped |
| III | N/A | Not Equipped |
Torpedoes
| ASDIC | N/A |
| Quarterdeck | N/A |
| Torpedo #1 | 4x 53-38 Single Submerged |
| Torpedo #2 | 2x 53-38 Single Submerged |
| Torpedo #3 | N/A |
Aircraft
| Hangar Limit | Unknown |
| Hangar 1 | N/A |
| Hangar 2 | N/A |
| Hangar 3 | N/A |
| Hangar 4 | N/A |
| Deck Limit | Unknown |
| Deck | N/A |
| Deck | N/A |
| Deck | N/A |
| Deck | N/A |
| Air Warning RDF | N/A |
Personality and traits
S-3 is a friendly, cheery Belle who is shown to enjoy all sorts of desserts. She was nicknamed Sushka (a kind of Russian hard bread ring like a small donut) by Leningrad.[1] S-3 is quite irresponsible and sees work as something bad for her and her crew, neglecting to tidy the submarine and having things left all over the floor. A rat that was described as almost mummified was even found by her captain and in response she tells him to put a ribbon on it to make it look nicer. Despite all this she acts innocently about it, having an innocent childlike demeanor. She also seems to be a big dreamer, constantly insisting her captain to consider getting a cow as a source of fresh milk for drinking and making toffee despite the many logistical challenges of keeping a cow on a submarine.
Tombstone quotes
| Heroic | Always young and healthy. |
| Tragic | The world lost its sweetness. |
Character Trivia
- She hates doing almost any kind of work, particularly cleaning dishes, claiming that it is dull work that is unenjoyable for her or her crew and that it's better to keep them happy.
- She has a penchant of decorating her interior with things like vibrant colors and ribbons, sometimes using these to decorate problems inside of the submarine rather than actually fixing them.
- She seems to not be very pain tolerant, acting melodramatic after getting a stomachache from eating too much toffee in one sitting and after getting a hangover from drinking vodka, claiming she's going to die.
Voice Lines
See S-3/VoiceLines.
| Commissioned | 1938 |
| Service | 7.08.1938 - 6.24.1941 |
| Namesake | None |
| Sisters | Two sisters Fifty-three half-sisters |
| Notable Sisters | None |
| Builder | Baltiyskiy Zavod Leningrad, USSR |
| Fate | Sunk |
- S-class submarines were ordered by the Soviet Union from the Dutch shipbuilders NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw (IvS), who specialize in making submarines and are actually a front company secretly managed by Germany to keep the skills for building their infamous submarines going after disarmament. They were based on the design of Submarino E-1, a design ordered by the Spanish Navy (later canceled and given to the Turkish as TCG Gür) which was also the basis of the Type I U-boats for the Kreigsmarine as well as their other future U-boats. This means that S-3 along with the rest of the S-class is technically related to the U-boats.
- The first few S-class submarines were built with German machinery, particularly batteries and engines. Eventually this was found to be too complex and expensive, and so all future submarines were built with local machinery. S-3's construction was caught in the middle of this and as a result she was unique, being completed with some German parts but with a Soviet engine due to delays for the German one. S-1, 2, and 3 were designated the S-class Type-IX, while the future versions with all-Soviet parts were called the Type-IX-bis and Type-IX-bis-2[2].
- The first three submarines were originally designated N-1, N-2, and N-3, N standing for Nemetskaya (German) relating to their origin. They were later redesignated as S for Srednyaya (medium).
- The survivors of S-3 picked up by the Schnellboots that sank her became the first submarine crews in the history of the Soviet Navy to become prisoners of war[3].
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