Som-class submarine

Class overview
Russian submarine Beluga.
Name:	Som class
Builders:	Nevski Yard, St. Petersburg
Operators:	Imperial Russian Navy
In commission:	1905–1913
Completed:	7
Lost:	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 (120 kW)/70 hp (52 kW)
Speed:	8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) surfaced 6 knots (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 originally Fulton, an experimental submarine that was the prototype for USS Plunger and subsequent Plunger-class submarines. The vessel was sold and delivered to Russia in sections and re-assembled in St. Petersburg.^[1]

Ships

Ship	namesake	Launched	Service / Fate
Som – Сом	Catfish	1904	ex Fulton – Delivered to Vladivostok 1904; to Black Sea Fleet then to Baltic Fleet 1915; sunk in collision 10 May 1916. The wreck was found in 2015 in Swedish territorial waters.
Beluga – Белуга	Beluga	1905	Baltic Fleet – Scuttled 25 February 1918 in Tallinn
Losos – Лосось	Salmon	1905	Black Sea Fleet – Scuttled 1919 in Sevastopol
Peskar – Пескарь	Gudgeon	1905	Baltic Fleet – Scuttled 25 February 1918 in Tallinn
Schuka – Щука	Pike	April 1905	Baltic Fleet – Scuttled 25 February 1918 in Tallinn
Sterlyad – Стерлядь	Sterlet	1905	Baltic Fleet – Scuttled 25 February 1918 in Tallinn
Sudak – Судак	Sander	1907	Black Sea Fleet – Scuttled 1919 in Sevastopol

Wreck found

Main article: 2015 Swedish submarine wreck discovery

In July 2015 it was reported that the wreck of Som (Сом) had been located in Swedish waters.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Gardiner, Robert (1985). Conway's all the world's fighting ships 1906–1921. Conway Maritime Press. pp. 312–313. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
↑ Sohl Stjernberg, Max; Ronge, Johan; Nilsson, Mimmi (27 July 2015). "Främmande ubåt hittad i svenskt vatten" [Foreign submarine found in Swedish waters]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 July 2015.
↑ "Sweden investigating underwater wreckage as possible Russian submarine". The Guardian. Reuters. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

External links

Media related to Som class submarine at Wikimedia Commons

Russian naval ship classes of the Russo-Japanese War

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Imperator Aleksandr II Navarin ^S Sissoi Veliky ^S Petropavlovsk Peresvet Tsesarevich ^S Borodino Retvizan ^S

Coastal defense ships	Admiral Ushakov

Armored cruisers	Vladimir Monomakh ^S Dmitrii Donskoi ^S Admiral Nakhimov ^S Rurik ^S Rossia ^S Gromoboi ^S Bayan

Protected cruisers	Svetlana ^S Pallada Varyag ^S Askold ^S Bogatyr Novik ^S Boyarin ^S Izumrud

Unprotected cruisers	Almaz ^S

Armed merchant cruisers	Ural ^S

Submarines	Delfin ^S Som Kasatka

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war

Russian naval ship classes of World War I

Dreadnought battleships	Gangut Imperatritsa Mariya Imperator Nikolai I^S

Pre-dreadnought battleships	Ekaterina II Imperator Aleksandr II Petropavlovsk Tri Sviatitelia^S Rostislav^S Tsesarevich^S Borodino Peresvet Potemkin^S Evstafi Andrei Pervozvanny

Battlecruisers	Borodino^X

Armored cruisers	Rossia^S Gromoboi^S Bayan Rurik^S

Light cruisers	Svetlana^C Admiral Nakhimov^C

Protected cruisers	Pallada Askold^S Bogatyr Izumrud

Destroyers	Novik^S Derzky Orfey Izyaslav Fidonisy

Submarines	Delfin^S Som Kasatka Minoga^S Akula^S Karp Kaiman Krab^S Morzh Bars Narval A (AG)

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

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