Som-class submarine

Som-class submarine
Russian submarine Beluga
Class overview
Name:	Som
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
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

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