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MATROS PYOTR KOSHKA midget submarine (1904)

Matros Pyotr Koshka 1904

Names

Матрос Пётр Кошка [Matros Pyotr Koshka]

Builders

Baltic Wks, Kronshtadt: Matros Pyotr Koshka

Completed

7/1904: Matros Pyotr Koshka

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1/1908: Matros Pyotr Koshka

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

/ 20

Length, m

15.2

Breadth, m

1.27

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

6 amidships

Machinery

6 electric motors

Power, h. p.

24

Max speed, kts

8.6 / 6

Fuel, t

battery only

Endurance, nm(kts) 40(4) / 15(3.5)

Armament

2 - 381 TT (1 bow, 1 stern)

Complement

3
Diving depth operational, m

20

Project history: Top secret midget submarine designed by E. Kolbasyev.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: This very unsuccessful midget arrived Sevastopol by railway in 1904 but never was really commissioned.

 

 © Ivan Gogin, 2014