Trout – Submarine

Submarine “Trout” It was built in 1902-1903 gg. F.Kruppa at the shipyard in Kiel on his own initiative as a “alive” advertising to attract the attention of the German Government to the submarines, as a new means of combating sea. Was designed by Spanish engineer P. Ekvileya.

Submarine “Trout” in Germany before launch

The company at that time had no experience submarine, and Equilio not among the gifted inventors, Therefore, from a technical point of view, the submarine was very mediocre. It was a small boat quasi-, I could dive to 30 m and removed from the base on 20 miles on the surface and on the 18 miles under water. Armament consisted of two boats outer tubular torpedo tubes, without spare torpedoes.
The boat was a single bay, top hull housed small deckhouse and superstructure with several raised bow. It had a highly developed aft horizontal stabilizer, bow and stern hydroplanes. Engine surface and underwater stroke motor served, Powered by a rechargeable battery. Bottom hull ballast installed resettable. In the middle of the hull ballast tank was posted. The advantage of the boat was its portability – it could be placed on the railway platform without disassembling. The construction of the pilot boat was the beginning of the development of submarine building in Germany.

In correspondence with the Russian Naval Ministry ordering the company three combat submarines “E” stated, that in the case of a firm order will give Russia its first pilot boat. 24 May 1904 g. a contract for the construction of three submarines “E” (“Carp”) It was signed and as a sign of appreciation for such a bargain pilot boat was donated by Russia. 7 June 1904 g. under the name “mobile safety buoy” “Trout” sent by railway from Kiel to Libau, where she arrived 14 June. Boat accompanied by firm and engineering team, destined for learning Russian crew.
built in 1902-1903 gg. at the shipyard «Deutsche Werke Kiel AG» Kiel (Germany). 24 May 1904 g. It was presented to Russia in recognition of a bargain. 7 June 1904 g. under the name “mobile safety buoy” sent by railway from Kiel to Libau, where she arrived 14 June.
25 June 1904 g. a boat, under the command of Captain 2 rank MN. Beklemishev who praised the quality of all the boats, out to sea. To 5 July went out to sea for training crew, after which it was raised to the shore for the installation of onboard torpedo. 26 July Boat produced the first firing torpedoes and 10 August was fully prepared. 21 August 1904 g. He enrolled in the lists of ships of the Siberian flotilla under the name "Destroyer “Trout”».

25 August 1904 the submarine “Trout” sent by rail to Vladivostok, where it arrived 29 September 1904 g. To bring the boat in full readiness after transporting it took only two days. In November 1904 g. He was lifted ashore and placed in a hangar.
1 January 1905 g. enrolled in the individual units destroyers Vladivostok group of cruisers. In March 1905 g. newly launched. In the five months since his arrival in Vladivostok boat was unarmed, as ordered have not arrived at the Russian plant “Schwarzkopf” Berlin 45 cm torpedoes. The boat went out in combat patrols in the sea with a submarine “Dolphin”, which had on board a Russian torpedo. Ammunition delivered only 29 Martha 1905 of the year.
To 11 Martha 1906 g. It belongs to a class of destroyers. TO 1908 g. the boat is characterized as “unfit for action, unseaworthiness” and was used for training purposes. 17 May 1910 g. under the command of Lieutenant VV. Pogoretskaya boat out into the bay Novik. Floating on the surface and submerged for 6 hours, it defused the battery and the database has been forced to return to the towed by a submarine “goby”.

The submarine “Trout” It was only steering, access hatch for ventilation of the boat was not battened down. When towing the boat began to dig the nose, and water pressure hatch opened. The commander of the boat and two sailors managed to save the steering and move on to the deck of the submarine “goby”, but the boat sank at a depth of 26 m. We found the boat on the bottom trawling method on the same day and with the help of divers and floating crane lifted to the surface. It was decided to carry “Trout” in Libau, renovate and use as a training, but, sending to Libau did not take place.
AT 1910 g. is translated into the discharge auxiliary vessels. 23 May 1911 g. commissioned by the Vladivostok military port on the storage. 31 May 1911 g. excluded from the Siberian Flotilla. after June 1911 g. about the future of the submarine “Trout” no reliable information. known, that the boat badly damaged superstructure and dismantled torpedo tubes kept in the civil war on the bank in Vladivostok and 1921 It was sold “government” Manufacturers Merkulov Manchurian dictator ZHANG ZUOLIN and disassembled metal. According to other sources, the boat was sold to Manchuria in 1912 g. As part of the transmission source indicated on Komgosfondov for dismantling and cutting metal after the Civil War.

Photo Submarine “Trout” at the Baltic Shipyard before being sent to the Far East.

The performance characteristics of the submarine “Trout”

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