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PORT-ARTURETS midget submarine

Port-Arturets

Names

Порт-Артурец [Port-Arturets]

Builders

Nevsky Wks, Tigrovy Is, Port Arthur: Port-Arturets

Completed

never: Port-Arturets

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

/ 25

Length, m

10.0

Breadth, m

1.90

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 petrol engine

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 - 381 TC or 4 mines

Complement

2 - 3
Diving depth operational, m

10

Project history: Midget submarine designed by M. Nalyotov, later designed first-ever real submarine minelayer Krab.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: This submarine was built in Port Arthur under siege, completion was suspended in Autumn 1904 and in December 1904 the boat was destroyed by builders.

 

 © Ivan Gogin, 2014