Som-class submarine

Russian submarine Beluga
Class overview
Name:	Som class
Builders:	Nevski Yard, St. Petersburg
Operators:	Imperial Russian Navy
In commission:	1905–1913
Completed:	7
Retired:	7
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	105 tons surfaced 122 tons submerged
Length:	20 m (66 ft)
Beam:	3.5 m (11 ft)
Draught:	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:	1 shaft: petrol engine/ electric motor 160 hp/70 hp
Speed:	8.5 kn (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) surfaced 6 kn (11 km/h; 6.9 mph) submerged
Complement:	24
Armament:	1 15 inch (381 mm) 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 built in St. Petersburg and 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.^[1]

Ships

References

• Gardiner, Robert, Conway's all the world's fighting ships 1906-1921, Conway Maritime Press, 1985. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.

See also

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