| Navy | The Soviet Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | S (Stalinec) |
| Pennant | |
| Mod | 2nd group (Type IX-modified) |
| Built by | Krasnoye Sormovo (Gorkiy, U.S.S.R) / Yard 112 |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Jun 1937 |
| Launched | 20 Apr 1938 |
| Commissioned | 15 Dec 1940 |
| End service | |
| History | Northern fleet. Stricken on 17 February 1956. |
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Notable events involving S-101 include:
6 Feb 1942
S-101 fires two torpedoes against the wreck of the Norwegian merchant Mimona (1147 GRT, offsite link) off Berlev?g.
25 May 1942
S-101 attacked the German hospital ship Meteor (3715 GRT) off the Tanafjord. The target was not hit and S-101 was attacked with depth charges by the German auxiliary submarine chasers UJ 1105, UJ 1102, UJ 1108 und UJ 1109. S-101 was damaged during these counter attacks but eventually managed to escape.
22 Mar 1943
S-101 fires four torpedoes against a German convoy missing the German merchant Drau (5141 GRT) off the Kongsfjord.
22 Mar 1943
S-101 fires three torpedoes against a German convoy north-west of Nordkyn. None of the torpedoes fired found their targets.
29 Mar 1943
S-101 possibly torpedoed and sank the German merchant Ajax (2297 GRT) off the Kongsfjord in position 70°49'N, 29°30'E.
I have also seen this ship listed as being sunk by S-55.
25 Apr 1943
S-101 attacked a German convoy of the Kongsfjord in position 70°55'N, 29°30'E. Four torpedoes were fired but all of these missed astern.
13 Jun 1943
S-101 fires 4 torpedoes against a German convoy of the Kongsfjord. None of the torpedoes hit their intended targets.
14 Jun 1943
S-101 fires 2 torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of the Kongsfjord. Both torpedoes missed their target.
19 Jun 1943
S-101 fires 2 torpedoes against the German auxiliary patrol vessel V 6108 of the Kongsfjord. Both torpedoes missed their target.
22 Jun 1943
S-101 fires 4 torpedoes against ' what is identified as ' a merchant of 7000 GRT of the Kongsfjord. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
23 Jun 1943
S-101 fires 2 torpedoes against the German minesweeper M 35 of the Kongsfjord. Both torpedoes missed their target.
28 Aug 1943
German U-boat U-639 was sunk at 1051hrs on 28 August 1943 in the Kara Sea north-east of Mys Zhelaniya, in position 76°40'N, 69°40'E, by torpedoes from the Soviet submarine S-101.
31 Oct 1944
At 0808 hours S-101 fires four torpedoes against the German auxiliary patrol vessels UJ 1207 and UJ 1222 of the Laksfjord. None of the torpedoes fired found their intended target.
At 1515 hours S-101 fires four torpedoes against the German auxiliary patrol vessel UJ 1222. Once again all four torpedoes missed their target.