Som-class submarine

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Russian submarine Beluga
Class overview
Name: Som
Builders: Nevski Yard, St Petersburg
Operators: Imperial Russian Navy
In commission: 19051913
Completed: 7
Retired: 7
General characteristics
Type: Submarine
Displacement: 105 tons surfaced
122 tons submerged
Length: 20 m
Beam: 3.5 m
Draught: 2.9 m
Propulsion: 1 shafts: petrol/ electric
160 hp/70 hp
Speed: 8.5 knots surfaced / 6 knots submerged
Complement: 24
Armament: 1 15 inch torpedo tube (bow), 1 machine gun
For the modern submarines referred to as the Som class, see Tango class submarine.

The Som class were a series of submarines built for the Imperial Russian Navy in 1904-1907. They were designed by the Electric Boat Company and ordered in the 1904 emergency programme at the time of the Russo-Japanese War. The boats were designed to be transportable by train. The first boat, Som, was the former Fulton delivered to Russia in sections and re-assembled in St. Petersburg.

Ships

Ship namesake Launched Service / Fate
Som -Сом - (ex Fulton) Catfish 1904 Delivered to Vladivostok 1904 - to Black Sea Fleet then to Baltic Fleet 1915 - Sunk in collision 10 May 1916
Beluga - Белуга Beluga 1905 Baltic Fleet -Scuttled 25 February 1918 in Reval
Losos - Лосось Salmon 1905 Black Sea Fleet - Scuttled 1919 in Sevastopol
Peskar - Пескарь Gudgeon 1905 Baltic Fleet -Scuttled 25 February 1918 in Reval
Schuka - Щука Pike April 1905 Baltic Fleet -Scuttled 25 February 1918 in Reval
Strelyad - Стерлядь Sterlet 1905 Baltic Fleet -Scuttled 25 February 1918 in Reval
Sudak Sander 1907 Black Sea Fleet - Scuttled 1919 in Sevastopol

References

Media related to Som class submarine at Wikimedia Commons

  • Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1922
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