Morzh - Russian Submarine Wreck:

Her production started at 1911 and completed in 1913 and started her duty in the Black Sea fleet. In the May of 1917, she sunked beacuse of an unknown reason near the entrance of the Bosphorus. The cause of her sinking thaught to be because of a mine or a Turkish Plane.

The Morzh class submarines had been designed by Ivan Bubnov and was very similar to the Bars class.

Construction Started: Completed: Commissioned: Builder: Complement: Max Depth: Displacement: Dimension: Armament: Electronic Devices: Motor: Exit Power: Speed: Shaft: Range:

1911 1913 1915 Baltic Shipyard, Nikolaiev , Russia 47 108 feet 630 ton surfaced 758 ton submerged 219' 8" * 14'7" * 12'8" 4 * 17.9" torpedo tubes (2 stern, 2 bow) 8 * Drzewiecki drop collar 1 * 57mm gun 1 * 47mm gun No Radar, No Sonar, No ECM 2 diesel, 2 elektrical motor 10000 bhp diesel motor 800 hp elektric motor 10.8 knots surfaced 8 knots submerged 2 2400 Nm surfaced 160 Nm submerged

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