The ''Som'' class were a series of submarines built for the

Imperial Russian Navy The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution of 1917. It developed from ...

in 1904–1907. They were designed by the

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and ordered in the 1904 emergency programme at the time of the

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...

. The boats were built in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and were designed to be transportable by train. The first boat, , was originally ''Fulton,'' an experimental submarine that was the prototype for and subsequent s. The vessel was sold and delivered to Russia in sections and re-assembled in St. Petersburg.

Ships

Wreck found

In July 2015 it was reported that the wreck of ''Som'' (Сом) had been located in Swedish waters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Som class submarine Submarine classes Submarines of the Imperial Russian Navy