Russian submarine Forel
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| Career (Russian Empire) |  |
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| Name: | Forel |
| Ordered: | 1908 |
| Builder: | Krupp, Kiel, Germany |
| Launched: | 1903 |
| Commissioned: | 1904 |
| Decommissioned: | 1911 |
| Fate: | decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: |
16tons surfaced 17 tons submerged |
| Length: | 13.1 m |
| Beam: | 2.1 m |
| Draft: | 2.1m |
| Propulsion: | 1 shaft electric motor, 60 hp |
| Speed: |
3.5 knots (6.5 km/h) surfaced 4 knots (7 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 20 nm |
| Complement: | 4 |
| Armament: | 2 x 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes (bow) |
Forel (Russian: Форель, German: Forelle - Trout) was a midget submarine built for the Imperial Russian Navy by Krupp in Kiel, Germany. She was delivered to Russia in May 1904 as a gift fom the Krupp company after an order for 3 submarines for the Russian navy (Karp-type, basis for the German U-1) and later shipped to Vladivostok by rail at the time of the Russo-Japanese War. She was not successful and was decommissioned in 1911.
References
- Conways All the World's Fighting ships 1906-1921
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