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Wednesday 6 December 2017

Several submarines for Russian navy under construction according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1907-1908 no.7

An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau reported that at the Russian shipyard of Crichton 4-400 ton submarines were under construction for account of the Russian navy.(1) By Baltic Works were also two submarines of respectively 360 en 117 ton under construction.

Note
1, Wm. Crichton&Co. Ohkta shipyard, St. Petersburg, Russia, the Kaiman-class consisting of the Kaiman, Alligator, Krokodil and Drakon, with a displacement of 416 (surfaced)-490 9submerged) tons, all completed in 1911 and scuttled at Reval [Tallinn, Estonia] on 25 February 1918 to prevent capture by German forces.