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Narval class submarine (Russia)
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The Narval class were a group of submarines built for the Imperial Russian Navy
. They were designed by the Electric Boat Company and ordered in the 1911 programme as the "Holland 31A" design. They had advanced features including watertight bulkheads, a crash diving tank and gravitationally filled ballast tanks which did not feature in contemporary Russian-designed boats. The boats were well regarded by the Russian Navy and served in the Black Sea Fleet
during World War I, during which they sank 8 merchant ships and 74 coastal vessels.
In 1918 the submarines were subsumed into the Ukrainian State Navy.
Kit was raised by EPRON
in 1934, but the hulls of the other two boats remain on the bottom in the place they were scuttled.
Imperial Russian Navy
The Imperial Russian Navy refers to the Tsarist fleets prior to the February Revolution.-First Romanovs:Under Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich, construction of the first three-masted ship, actually built within Russia, was completed in 1636. It was built in Balakhna by Danish shipbuilders from Holstein...
. They were designed by the Electric Boat Company and ordered in the 1911 programme as the "Holland 31A" design. They had advanced features including watertight bulkheads, a crash diving tank and gravitationally filled ballast tanks which did not feature in contemporary Russian-designed boats. The boats were well regarded by the Russian Navy and served in the Black Sea Fleet
Black Sea Fleet
The Black Sea Fleet is a large operational-strategic sub-unit of the Russian Navy, operating in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea since the late 18th century. It is based in various harbors of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov....
during World War I, during which they sank 8 merchant ships and 74 coastal vessels.
In 1918 the submarines were subsumed into the Ukrainian State Navy.
Ships
Three submarines were built by Nikolayev Dockyard.| Name | Cyrillic | Meaning | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narval | Нарвал | Narwhal Narwhal The narwhal, Monodon monoceros, is a medium-sized toothed whale that lives year-round in the Arctic. One of two living species of whale in the Monodontidae family, along with the beluga whale, the narwhal males are distinguished by a characteristic long, straight, helical tusk extending from their... |
11 April 1915 | Scuttled in Sevastopol 26 April 1919 |
| Kit | Кит | Whale Whale Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti . This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga... |
May 1915 | Scuttled in Sevastopol 26 April 1919 |
| Kashalot | Кашалот | Sperm whale Sperm Whale The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head. The sperm whale is the only living member of genus Physeter... |
22 August 1915 | Scuttled in Sevastopol 26 April 1919 |
Kit was raised by EPRON
EPRON
EPRON is a Russian language abbreviation for "Экспедиция подводных работ особого назначения", or "Special-Purpose Underwater Rescue Party". It was created in 1923 in the Soviet Union for salvaging of sunken ships and existed until 1941....
in 1934, but the hulls of the other two boats remain on the bottom in the place they were scuttled.