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The Russian Submarine
Bars Class. Largest class of Russian Submarines
built for the Imperial navy. Slightly larger version of the Morzh Class submarines. They
were ordered as part of the Naval programme of 1912. Twelve were ordered
for the Baltic Fleet and Six were ordered for the Siberian Flotilla
(transferring to the Baltic Flotilla in March 1915.)
Displacement: 650 tons / 780
tons. Speed: 13 Knots. surface, 10 knots submerged.
Crew 33 Armament: One 63,, and one 37mm Four 18
- inch torpedo Tubes, 8 Drzewiecki drop collar torpedoes.
Notes: Forel and Ugor were
converted to minelayers, holding 21 mines in each of two torpedo
tubes
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| Bars |
2 June 1915 |
Sunk off Norrkoping, Sweden either by depth
Charge or mined 28th May 1917 |
| Edinorog |
1916 |
Stranded off Ere island on the 25th September
1917 but refloated October 1917, temporary repairs done at
Reval but lost under tow to Helsingfors 25th February 1918 |
| Burvestnik |
15th November 1916 |
Transferred to Wrangels Fleet September
1919. Scrapped 1924 |
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Launch of Burvestnik, 15th November 1916.
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Code DLD210 |
Burvestnik at Bizerte, 1921.
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Code DLD211 |
| Gepard |
2nd June 1915 |
Sunk Damaged by German Q Ship K in May 1916,
but mined and sunk 28th October 1917 |
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Gepard.
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Code DLD211 |
Gepard.
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Code DLD215 |
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Gepard, and Volk (left).
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Code DLD212 |
Gepard.
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Code DLD213 |
| Kuguar |
1916 |
Hulked 1922 Static training ship |
| Leopard |
1916 |
Renamed Krasnoarmeets in January 1923
and Hulked 1936 |
| Lvitsa |
23rd October 1915 |
Sunk 11th June 1917 off Gotland cause
unknown |
| Pantera |
26th April 1916 |
Renamed Komissar in January 1923 and
Scrapped 1955 |
| Rys |
1916 |
Renamed Bolshevik (later B 7 ) in January
1923 and sunk 13th September 1935 in Finnish Bay, raised and scrapped |
| Tigr |
18th September 1915 |
Renamed Kommunar in January 1923 and
Scrapped 1936 |
| Tur |
1916 |
Renamed Tovarishch in January 1923. Sunk in collision
with battleship Marat, later raised and Scrapped 25th July 1935 |
| Ugor |
1916 |
Sunk 27th March 1920 in Petrograd cause
likely to be crew negligence. later raised and scrapped |
| Vepr |
1915 |
Hulked 1922 Static Training Ship |
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Vepr.
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Code DLD248 |
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Vepr, 1916.
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Code DLD218 |
Vepr.
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Code DLD219 |
| Volk |
1915 |
Renamed Batrak in January 1923 and Stricken
in 1936 |
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Captain Malinin on Volk.
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Code DLD230 |
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Volk.
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Code DLD216 |
Volk.
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Code DLD217 |
| Yaguar |
1916 |
Renamed Krasnoflotets in January 1923 and
Stricken 1936 |
| Yaz |
1917 |
Deleted May 1922 |
| Zmeya |
1916 |
Renamed Proletari in January 1923 and Sunk
5th September 1934 during exercises later re-floated and scrapped. |
| Ersh |
1916 |
Renamed Rabochi in January 1923. Sunk in collision
with Krasnoarmeets in Finnish Bay later raised and
Scrapped 25th July 1935 |
| Forel |
1916 |
Stricken May 1922 |
| Gagara |
7th October 1916 |
Scuttled by the British at Sebastopol on the
26th May 1919 to stop them being captured by the Red Army |
| Lebed |
1917 |
Scuttled by the British at Sebastopol on the
26th May 1919 to stop them being captured by the Red Army |
| Orlan |
1916 |
Scuttled by the British at Sebastopol on the
26th May 1919 to stop them being captured by the Red Army |
| Pelikan |
September 1917 |
Scuttled by the British at Sebastopol on the
26th May 1919 to stop them being captured by the Red Army |
| Utka |
1916 |
Captured by the Germans and used , renamed
US3 Sold 1924 |
