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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY (RUSSIA)

SUBMARINES

Z.1 minelaying submarines

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ç.1 [Z.1]     Baltic Wks, St. Petersburg 1917 --- --- suspended 1918
Ç.2 [Z.2]     Baltic Wks, St. Petersburg 1917 --- --- suspended 1918
Ç.3 [Z.3]     Russo-Baltic Wks, Revel 1917 --- --- suspended 1918
Ç.4 [Z.4]     Russo-Baltic Wks, Revel 1917 --- --- suspended 1918

   

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

Z.1, 2: 230 / 275

Z.3, 4: 229 / 264

Length, m

 

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

10 / 5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2000 / 90

Armament

Z.1, 2: 20 mines

Z.3, 4: 16 mines

Complement

50

Diving depth operational, m 45

Project history: Part of the 1916 Submarine Programme, designated for the Baltic Fleet. Ordered 1917 but construction abandoned after the Bolshevik Revolution.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014