Soviet submarine L-4

	Submarine L-4 Garibaldets
History
Soviet Union
Name	L-4 Гарибальдиец (Garibalidiyets)
Laid down	15 March 1930
Launched	31 August 1931
Commissioned	8 October 1933
Decommissioned	2 November 1954
Fate	Stricken on 17 February 1956
General characteristics
Class and type	Leninets-class submarine
Displacement	1,200 tons surfaced; 1,335 tons submerged;
Length	81 m (265 ft 9 in)
Beam	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draft	4.08 m (13 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; 2 × diesels (1,600 hp, 1,200 kW total); 2 × electric motors (1,250 hp, 930 kW total); 2 shafts;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) surfaced; 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged;
Range	7,400 nmi (13,700 km; 8,500 mi) at 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) surfaced; 154 nmi (285 km; 177 mi) at 3 kn (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) submerged;
Complement	53
Armament	1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) L/68 gun; 1 × 45 mm (1.8 in) gun; 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern); 12 × torpedoes; 14 × mines;
Service record
Part of:	Black Sea Fleet

The World War II Soviet submarine L-4 belonged to the L class or Leninets class of minelayer submarines. She had been named Garibaldets in honour of the men of Garibaldi. During the war she was commanded by Evgeniy Petrovich Polyakov (Russian: Евгений Петрович Поляков).^[1]^{[self-published source?]}

Service history

For her service, the submarine was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.^[2] Among her victories was the torpedoing of the German tanker Friederike (formerly Firuz), whose loss prevented her use during the Axis evacuation of Crimea during the Crimean Offensive.^[3]^{[self-published source?]}

Ships sunk by *L-4* ^[5]^[6]^[7]
Date	Ship	Tonnage	Notes
15 September 1941	Chipka	2,304 GRT	freighter (mine)
19 September 1941	W-2	ca. 50 GRT	minesweeper (mine)
10 October 1941	NMS Regele Carol I	2,369 GRT	minelayer (mine) ^[8]^{[self-published source?]}^[9]^{[self-published source?]}
22 July 1943	Hudayi Bahri	29 GRT	sailing vessel (gunfire)
23 July 1943	Gurpinar	100 GRT	sailing vessel (gunfire)
28 July 1943	EL-73	139 GRT	lighter (mine) ^[10]^{[self-published source?]}
23 November 1943	Santa Fé	4,627 GRT	freighter (mine) ^[11]^{[self-published source?]}
11 May 1944	Friederike	7,327 GRT	tanker (torpedo). Not sunk but written-off.
Total:		16,940 GRT

Mines from L-4 also damaged the German barge F-130. During an artillery duel she damaged the German barge F-329.^[5]

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