Kashalot 1916
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Нарвал [Narval] | Nevsky Wks, St. Petersburg // Nikolayev | 12/1911 | 24.4.1915 | 9/1915 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 (US5) | ||
| Кит [Kit] | Nevsky Wks, St. Petersburg // Nikolayev | 12/1911 | 5/1915 | 10/1915 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 (US7) | ||
| Кашалот [Kashalot] | Nevsky Wks, St. Petersburg // Nikolayev | 12/1911 | 4.9.1915 | 5/1916 | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement normal, t |
620 - 621 / 990 - 994 |
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Length, m |
70.2 |
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Breadth, m |
6.50 |
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Draught, m |
3.60 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 diesels / 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
640 / 490 |
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Max speed, kts |
Narval: 11.5 / 6 Kit, Kashalot: 10.8 / 5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3500(6.5) / 103(4.2) |
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Armament |
Narval: 2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 12 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8 Drzewiecki drop-collars) Kit, Kashalot: 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 12 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8 Drzewiecki drop-collars) |
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Complement |
41 |
| Diving depth operational, m |
50 |
Project history: Part of the 1911 Programme, designated for the Black Sea Fleet. Holland design (Type 31A), double hull type, diving limit 100m, diving time 1 minute. Unlike contemporary Russian submarines these were fitted with a crush diving tank, gravitionally filled ballast tanks and watertight bulkheads built in. Undoubtedly the best submarine type ever built for the Imperial Russian Navy. The original design provided 2 diesels 850bhp each and 16kts surface speed but these were not fitted because of the notorious shortage of diesels.
Modernizations: 1916, Kashalot; 1917, Narval: - 8 - 450 TT (Drzewiecki); + 4 - 450 TT (Drzewiecki-Podgorny)
1917, Kit: - 1 x 1 - 57/40, 8 - 450 TT (Drzewiecki); + 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 4 - 450 TT (Drzewiecki-Podgorny)
Naval service: Kit and Narval were captured 1.5.1918 by the Germans together with Kashalot and surrendered to the Allies in November 1918. Scuttled off Sevastopol to prevent capture by the advancing Reds.
Narval 1915
© Ivan Gogin, 2014