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SOVIET NAVY (USSR)

SUBMARINES

APSS type midget submarines (1935-1936)

Names

2 boats (probably unnamed)

Builders

196 Yd (Sudomekh Wks), Leningrad: 2 boats

Completed

1935: 1 boat

1936: 1 boat

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1937 - 1938: 2 boats

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

8

Length, m

10.0

Breadth, m

1.25

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 electric motor

Power, h. p.

11

Max speed, kts

--- / 4.5

Fuel, t

---

Endurance, nm(kts) --- / 28(4.5)

Armament

1 - 450 TT (fwd, 1), 550 kg of TNT

Complement

1
Diving depth operational, m

10

Project history: Single-hulled, single-seat air-launched midget submarine. Pressure hull had 5 watertight compartments. Only electric-driven, surfacing not provided, midget can be wireless controlled. Their planned carrier was MK-1 flying boat.

Modernizations: none.

Naval service: Submarines were used for experiments only.

 

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