Bars class submarine (1915)
 Bars in 1914 |
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| Class overview | |
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| In commission: | 1914–1941 |
| Completed: | 24 |
| Lost: | 9 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 650 tons surfaced 780 tons submerged |
| Length: | 68 m (223 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Draft: | 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric 2,640 hp diesel 900 hp electric 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 400 nmi (740 km) |
| Complement: | 33 |
| Armament: | 1 × 63 mm (2.5 in) or 75 mm (3.0 in) gun 1 × 37 mm (1.5 in) AA gun 4 × 457 mm (18.0 in) torpedo tubes 8 × torpedoes in drop collars (later removed) |
The Bars class were a group of submarines built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. A total of 24 boats were built between 1914 and 1917
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[edit] Design
These boats were designed by Ivan Bubnov and based on the preceding Morzh class. The Morzh design was enlarged with more powerful engines and a larger torpedo armament. They were single hulled boats with four internal 18 inch torpedo tubes and 8 external torpedoes in drop collars.
The design had numerous shortcomings, including a lack of internal bulkheads and a slow diving time. Surviving boats were modernized after the Russian Civil War by installing bulkheads, new diesels, pumps and extra torpedo tubes (the external drop collars were removed).
[edit] Ships
| Ship | Service/Fate |
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| Bars БАРС (Snow Leopard) | Sunk 25 May 1917.
Wreck location is in the Swedish territorial waters to the north-east of Gotska Sandö island, found 10 September 2009. |
| Edinorog ЕДИНОРОГ (Unicorn) | Sunk 25 February 1918.
Wreck found on 28 May in 2009 by the Estonian Maritime Museum in the northern part of the Gulf of Finland. |
| Gepard ГЕПАРД (Cheetah) | Sunk 28 October 1917 |
| Kuguar КУГУАР (Cougar) | Hulked 1922 |
| Leopard ЛЕОПАРД | Renamed Krasoarmeets. Hulked 1936 |
| Lvitsa ЛЬВИЦА (Lioness) | Sunk 11 June 1917 |
| Pantera ПАНТЕРА (Panther) | Sank British destroyer HMS Vittoria off the island of Seiskari during the British Intervention in Russia, renamed Komissar and converted to a harbour training ship 1941 |
| Rys РЫСЬ (Lynx) | Renamed Bolshevik, sunk in an accident 13 September 1935 |
| Tigr ТИГР (Tiger) | Renamed Kommunar, broken up 1936 |
| Tur ТУР (Aurochs) | Renamed Tovarich, sunk in an accident 25 June 1935 |
| Ugor УГОРЬ (Eel) | Sunk 27 March 1920 |
| Vepr ВЕПРЬ (Wild Boar) | Hulked 1922 |
| Volk ВОЛК (Wolf) | Stricken 1936 |
| Yaguar ЯГУАР (Jaguar) | Stricken 1936 |
| Yaz ЯЗЬ (Ide (fish)) | Stricken 1922 |
| Zmeya ЗМЕЯ (Serpent) | Renamed Proletariy, sunk in an accident 22 May 1931 |
| Erzh ЕРШ (Ruffe) | Sunk in an accident 22 May 1931 |
| Forel ФОРЕЛЬ (Trout) | Stricken 1922 |
| Ship | Service/Fate |
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| Burvestnik БУРЕВЕСТНИК (Storm Petrel) | Seized by the Germans as US 1 and transferred to the White Russian forces in 1918, interned in Bizerte with Wrangel's fleet and scrapped 1924 |
| Gagara ГАГАРА (Loon (bird)) | Seized by the Germans as US 4 and scuttled 26 April 1919 |
| Lebed ЛЕБЕДЬ (Swan) | Seized by the Germans and scuttled 26 April 1919 |
| Orlan ОРЛАН (Sea Eagle) | Seized by the Germans as US 2 and scuttled 26 April 1919 |
| Pelikan ПЕЛИКАН (Pelican) | Seized by the Germans and scuttled 26 April 1919 |
| Utka УТКА (Duck) | Seized by the Germans as US 3 and transferred to the White Russian forces in 1918, interned in Bizerte and scrapped 1924 |
[edit] See also
Media related to Bars class submarines at Wikimedia Commons
[edit] References
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1922
- V.Dygalo, The Fleet of the State of Russia. The Roots and Origin of the Russian Navy (extract)
- History of Bars class (Russian)
- Soome lahe põhjast leiti haruldane allveelaev
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