| The Karp Class were a group of submarines built by Krupp Germaniawerft
for the Imperial Russian Navy. The boats were ordered in the 1904 emergency
programme as a result of the Russo-Japanese War. The design was a twin
hull type with 7 ballast tanks and a 16 fathom (96 feet) diving limit.
The boats were delivered late for the war and transferred to the Black
Sea Fleet by rail in 1908. The design served as the prototype for the first
German U-boat, U-1, which was commissioned into the Imperial German Navy
on 14 December 1906. The U-1 has been preserved, and is currently on display
at the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
Kambala sank 1909. The reason and location of this sinking is unclear.
Some reports have the submarine sinking near Kronstadt due to an erroneously
opened valve while others have her sinking in an accidental collision with
Rostislav near Sevastopol. It has even been suggested that she sank twice
first near Kronstadt then after being salvaged was sunk again near Sevastopol.
In 1918 Karp and Karas were transferred to the Ukrainian State Navy.
Boats
| Karp - Carp |
1907 |
Decommissioned in 1917. Scuttled in Sevastopol on 26 April 1919. |
| Kambala - Flounder |
1907 |
Sunk in collision with the battleship Rostislav, 11 June 1909. |
| Karas - Crucian carp |
1907 |
Decommissioned in 1917. Scuttled in Sevastopol on 26 April 1919. |
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Karp
| Builder: |
Germaniaweft |
| Commisioned: |
1907-1919 |
| Displacement: |
207 tons |
| Length: |
39.6 m (129ft 11in) |
| Beam: |
2.7 m (8ft 2in) |
| Speed: |
10 knots surfaced
8.5 knots submerged |
| Range: |
21,250 nmi |
| Complement: |
28 |
| Propulsion: |
400hp kerosene
200hp electic |
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