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   Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Карп [Karp]		109	Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany	6/1904	6/1907	8/1907	captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Карась [Karas']		110	Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany	6/1904	12.5.1906	9/1907	captured by Germany 1.5.1918
Камбала [Kambala]		111	Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany	6/1904	7/1907	9/1907	collision 11.6.1909

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	201 - 205 / 236 - 240
Length, m	39.5 - 39.9
Breadth, m	3.14
Draught, m	2.61
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 kerosene engines / 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	400 / 400
Max speed, kts	10.8 / 8.6
Fuel, t	gasoline
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(8.5) / 97(4.4)
Armament	1 - 450 TT (bow, 3)
Complement	20
Diving depth operational, m	30 max

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Project history

Ordered on 6 June 1904 under the 1904 Emergency Programme, this class was a D'Equevilley design, twin hull type with 7 ballast and trimming tanks. The kerosene engines were much safer than gasoline. The first German submarine U1 was derived from the Karp class design and was built in record time in contrast to the Russian trio which were only delivered in 1907.

Modernizations

1910, Karp, Karas': + 2 - 450 TT (stern)

Naval service

Kambala was rammed and sunk by battleship Rostislav 11.6.1909 off Sevastopol. Two remaining boats were laid up in May 1917, seized by Germans 1.5.1918, re-captured by British-French troops in 1918 and scuttled by them in April 1919.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.