Karp 1907
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Карп [Karp] | 109 | Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany | 6/1904 | 6/1907 | 8/1907 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 | |
| Карась [Karas'] | 110 | Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany | 6/1904 | 12.5.1906 | 9/1907 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 | |
| Камбала [Kambala] | 111 | Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany | 6/1904 | 7/1907 | 9/1907 | collision 11.6.1909 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
201 - 205 / 236 - 240 |
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Length, m |
39.5 - 39.9 |
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Breadth, m |
3.14 |
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Draught, m |
2.61 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 kerosene engines / 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
400 / 400 |
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Max speed, kts |
10.8 / 8.6 |
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Fuel, t |
gasoline |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(8.5) / 97(4.4) |
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Armament |
1 - 450 TT (bow, 3) |
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Complement |
20 |
| Diving depth operational, m |
30 max |
Project history: Ordered on 6 June 1904 under the 1904 Emergency Programme, this class was a D'Equevilley design, twin hull type with 7 ballast and trimming tanks. The kerosene engines were much safer than gasoline. The first German submarine U1 was derived from the Karp class design and was built in record time in contrast to the Russian trio which were only delivered in 1907.
Modernizations: 1910, Karp, Karas': + 2 - 450 TT (stern)
Naval service: Kambala was rammed and sunk by battleship Rostislav 11.6.1909 off Sevastopol. Two remaining boats were laid up in May 1917, seized by Germans 1.5.1918, re-captured by British-French troops in 1918 and scuttled by them in April 1919.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014