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Bars 1915

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate	Modification
Барс [Bars]			Baltic Wks, St. Petersburg	8/1913	15.6.1915	8.1915	sunk 28.5.1917	Bars group
Гепард [Gepard]			Baltic Wks, St. Petersburg	9.1913	15.6.1915	7.1915	sunk 28.10.1917	Bars group
Вепрь [Vepr'], 10.1921- №11			Baltic Wks, St. Petersburg	8.1913	7.1915	9.1915	TS 6.1922, stricken 5.1926	Bars group
Тигр [Tigr], 10.1921- №1, 12.1922- Коммунар [Kommunar], 9.1934- Б-1 [B-1]	6, 1, 11		New Admiralty, St. Petersburg // Noblessner Yd, Revel	7.1914	18.9.1915	4.1916	stricken 3.1935	Bars group
Львица [Lvitsa]			New Admiralty, St. Petersburg // Noblessner Yd, Revel	7.1914	23.10.1915	6.1916	sunk 11.6.1917	Bars group
Волк [Volk], 10.1921- №2, 3.1923- Батрак [Batrak], 12.1932- У-1 [U-1], 9.1934- Б-5 [B-5]	2, 21		Baltic Wks, St. Petersburg	9.1913	7.11.1915	4.1916	TS 1925, stricken 3.1935	Bars group
Пантера [Pantera], 10.1921- №5, 12.1922- Комиссар [Komissar], 9.1934- Б-2 [B-2]	5, 13		New Admiralty, St. Petersburg // Noblessner Yd, Revel	7.1914	29.4.1916	8.1916	test ship 1.1940, charging plant 5.1943	Bars group
Рысь [Rys'], 10.1921- №7, 12.1922- Большевик [Bolshevik], 9.1934- Б-3 [B-3]	7, 14		Noblessner Yd, Revel	7.1914	26.4.1916	11.1916	collision 25.7.1935	Bars group
Кугуар [Kuguar], 10.1921- №10			New Admiralty, St. Petersburg // Noblessner Yd, Revel	7.1914	1916	1.1917	hulk 6.1922	Bars group
Единорог [Edinorog]			Baltic Wks, Petrograd	8.1915	7.1916	1.1917	foundered 25.2.1918	Bars group
Леопард [Leopard], 10.1921- №4, 12.1922- Красноармеец [Krasnoarmeets], 12.1932- У-3 [U-3], 9.1934- Б-7 [B-7]	4, 24		Noblessner, Revel	7.1914	7.1916	1.1917	TS 1932, charging plant 3.1936	Bars group
Змея [Zmeya], 10.1921- №6, 12.1922- Пролетарий [Proletariy], 12.1932- У-2 [U-2], 9.1934- Б-6 [B-6]	6, 23		Baltic Wks, Petrograd	7/1915	12.1916	4.1917	TS 12.1932, stricken 3.1935	Bars group
Угорь [Ugor']			Noblessner, Revel // Baltic Wks, Petrograd	7.1914	4.11.1916	5.1917	foundered 27.3.1920, salvaged, never repaired	Bars group
Тур [Tur], 10.1921- №3, 12.1922- Товарищ [Tovarishch], 9.1934- Б-8 [B-8]	3, 12		Noblessner, Revel	7.1914	2.6.1916	8.1917	charging plant 3.1936	Bars group
Ягуар [Yaguar], 10.1921- №8, 12.1922- Краснофлотец [Krasnoflotets], 9.1934- Б-4 [B-4]	8, 22, 15		Noblessner, Revel	7.1914	12.1916	10.1917	charging plant 3.1936	Bars group
Язь [Yaz'], 10.1921- №14			Noblessner, Revel // Baltic Wks, Petrograd	7.1914	9.1917	---	suspended 11.1917	Bars group
Ёрш [Yorsh], 10.1921- №9, 12.1922- Рабочий [Rabochiy]	9		Noblessner, Revel // Baltic Wks, Petrograd	7.1914	5.1917	12.1917	collision 22.5.1931	Yorsh group
Форель [Forel'], 10.1921- №13			Noblessner, Revel // Baltic Wks, Petrograd	7.1914	10.1917	---	suspended 11.1917	Yorsh group
Гагара [Gagara]			Baltic Wks, Nikolayev	9.1915	7.10.1916	7.1917	captured by Germany 1.5.1918 (US4)	Gagara group
Орлан [Orlan]			Naval, Nikolayev	10.1915	25.11.1916	9.1917	captured by Germany 1.5.1918 (US2)	Gagara group
Буревестник [Burevestnik]			Naval, Nikolayev	10.1915	28.11.1916	10.1917	captured by Germany 1.5.1918 (US1), to Whites 12.1918, interned by France 12.1920	Gagara group
Утка [Utka]			Baltic Wks, Nikolayev	8.1915	10.1916	6/1917	captured by Germany 1.5.1918 (US3), to Whites 12.1918, interned by France 12.1920	Gagara group
Пеликан [Pelikan]			Naval, Nikolayev	10.1915	17.3.1917	---	suspended 12.1917	Gagara group
Лебедь [Lebed']			Naval, Nikolayev	10.1915	26.9.1917	---	suspended 12.1917	Gagara group

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	Bars group: 650 - 670 / 780 - 810 Yorsh group: 655 / 750 Gagara group: 650 / 785
Length, m	68.0
Breadth, m	Bars group: 4.27 - 4.51 Yorsh ggroup: 4.45 Gagara group: 4.48
Draught, m	Bars, Yorsh groups: 4.05 - 4.27 Gagara group: 4.12
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Bars, Gepard, Vepr', Tigr, Volk, Lvitsa, Pantera, Rys', Leopard, Yaguar, Tur: 2 Nobel or Kolomna diesels / 2 electric motors Yaz': 2 Vickers diesels / 2 electric motors Edinorog, Ugor', Yorsh group: 2 New London diesels / 2 electric motors Zmeya, Kuguar: 2 Nobel diesels / 2 electric motors Gagara group: 2 Kharkov diesels / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	Bars, Gepard, Vepr', Tigr, Volk, Lvitsa, Pantera, Rys', Leopard, Yaguar, Tur: 480 - 500 / 900 Yaz', Edinorog, Ugor', Yorsh group: 840 / 900 Zmeya, Kuguar: 2640 / 900 Gagara group: 2500 / 900
Max speed, kts	Bars, Gepard, Vepr', Tigr, Volk, Lvitsa, Pantera, Rys', Leopard, Yaguar, Tur: 9.7 - 12.5 / 7.8 - 9.5 Yaz', Edinorog, Ugor': 11.6 / 9.5 Yorsh group: 10.7 / 7.5 Zmeya, Kuguar: 16.7 - 17.6 / 8.7 Gagara group: 16 / 9
Fuel, t	Bars group: diesel oil 55 Yorsh group: diesel oil 61 Gagara group: diesel oil 54
Endurance, nm(kts)	1900 - 2500(10) / 30(8)
Armament	Bars: 12 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8 side drop-collars, 12), 8 mines Gepard, Vepr': 12 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8 side drop-collars, 12) Tigr, Lvitsa: 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 12 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8 side drop-collars, 12), 8 mines Volk, Yedinorog, Pantera, Rys', Leopard, Ugor', Tur: 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 12 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8 side drop-collars, 12) Kuguar, Zmeya: 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 12 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 8 side drop-collars, 12) Yaguar: 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 8 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 4 side drop-collars, 8) Yorsh: 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (bow, 2), 42 mines Gagara, Utka: 2 x 1 - 76/28 Lender, 1 x 1 - 37/30 Maxim, 8 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 4 side drop-collars, 8) Orlan, Burevestnik: 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 1 - 7.6/94, 8 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 4 side drop-collars, 8)
Complement	33 - 44
Diving depth operational, m	50

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Project history

Development of submarine Akula. Single-hulled, pressure hull had no watertight bulkheads. Project of I. G. Bubnov. It was supposed to equip submarines with two diesels on 1320hp, that would allow to ensure 18kts surface speed. However at completion various available diesels have been used. Besides, boats differed among themselves by artillery. Under project it was provided to arm they by 1 57mm and 1 37mm guns.

Yorsh group submarines were ordered among Bars class submarines. Proceeding from experience of service of Black Sea submarine Krab, during building they were converted to minelayers. Differed from a prototype by presence of mine tubes, central ballast tank volume and absence of stern TTs. Single-hulled, pressure hull has no watertight bulkheads.

Utka group submarines differed from a prototype by presence of bilge keels and device, allowing to lay down on a hard ground. Single-hulled, without watertight bulkheads.

Yaz ` was never completed in the absence of engines, and scrapped in 1925. Forel ` was never completed in the absence of diesels. She staid in port up to 1951 and was scrapped.

Modernizations 12.

1915, Bars, Tigr, Lvitsa: - mines.

mid-1916 - early 1917, Bars, Gepard: + 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss

mid-1916 - early 1917, Vepr': - 8 - 450 TT (side drop-collars, 4 torpedoes at all); + 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss

1925: Kommunar, Batrak, Komissar, Bolshevik, Krasnoarmeets, Tovarishch, Krasnoflotets were armed with 2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 4 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern, 4)

1925: Proletariy: was armed with 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 4 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 stern 4)

1925: Rabochiy: was armed with 1 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 2 - 450 TT (bow, 2), 42 mines

1935, B-2: diesels were replaced by 2 38B8 (1300hp, 15.5kts surfaced); + 1 x 1 - 45/43 21K

Naval service

Bars (28.5.1917), Gepard (28.10.1917) and L`vitsa (11.6.1917) were lost for unknown causes, presumable on mines in Baltic. Utka and Burevestnik have been withdrawn by Whites to Bizerte where they were broken up. Orlan, Gagara and incomplete Pelikan and Lebed ` were scuttled by Whites off Sevastopol and Odessa. Orlan and Pelikan were salvaged and broken up in the mid-1920s. Edinorog foundered 25.2.1918 being towed in strong ice in Gulf of Finland. Ugor`27.3.1920 was sunk by ice drift on Neva, salvaged and 23.9.1924 sunk by flood at Kronshtadt, salvaged again and broken up.

B-3 collided with battleship Marat 25.7.1935 and sunk, later salvaged and scrapped. Rabochiy was sunk 22.5.1931 after collision with submarine Krasnoarmeets. In 1933 she was raised and handed over on demolition.