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}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name=Bars class | Builders= | Operators= | Class before= | Class after= | Subclasses= | Cost= | Built range= | In service range= | In commission range=1914–1941 | Total ships building= | Total ships planned= | Total ships completed=24 | Total ships cancelled= | Total ships active= | Total ships laid up= | Total ships lost=9 | Total ships retired= | Total ships preserved=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type=Submarine | Ship displacement=*650 tons surfaced | 68|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 3.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship decks= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*Diesel-electric- 2,640 hp diesel
- 900 hp electric
- 2 shafts
| Ship sail plan= | 18|kn|km/h}} surfaced- {{convert|9|kn|km/h}} submerged
| 400|nmi|km|abbr=on}} | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship complement=33 | 57|mm|in|abbr=on}} or {{convert|75|mm|in|abbr=on}} gun- 1 × {{convert|37|mm|in|abbr=on}} AA gun
- 4 × {{convert|457|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes
- 8 × torpedoes in drop collars (later removed)
| Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}} | The Bars class were a group of submarines built for the Imperial Russian Navy during World War I. A total of 24 boats were built between 1914 and 1917. DesignThese boats were designed by Ivan Bubnov and based on the preceding {{sclass-|Morzh|submarine|4}}. The Morzh design was enlarged with more powerful engines and a larger torpedo armament. They were single-hulled boats with four internal {{convert|18|in|mm|adj=on}} torpedo tubes and eight external torpedoes in drop collars. The design had numerous shortcomings, including a lack of internal bulkheads and a slow diving time. Surviving boats were modernized after the Russian Civil War by installing bulkheads, new diesels, pumps and extra torpedo tubes (the external drop collars were removed). Ships Baltic Fleet
Built by Baltic Shipyard, St. Petersburg or Noblessner Yard, Reval| Ship | Service/Fate |
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| Bars БАРС (Leopard)[1] | Lost May 1917; cause unknown | | Edinorog ЕДИНОРОГ (Unicorn) | Sunk 25 February 1918.
Wreck found on 28 May 2009 by the Estonian Maritime Museum in the northern part of the Gulf of Finland.[2] | | Gepard ГЕПАРД (Cheetah) | Sunk 28 October 1917 | | Kuguar КУГУАР (Cougar) | Hulked 1922 | | Leopard ЛЕОПАРД (Leopard)[1] | Renamed Krasnoarmeets. Hulked 1936 | | Lvitsa ЛЬВИЦА (Lioness) | Sunk 11 June 1917 | | Pantera ПАНТЕРА (Panther) | Vittoria|1917|6}} off the island of Seiskari during the British Intervention in Russia. Aksel Berg was navigating officer at the time. The ship was renamed Komissar and converted to a harbour training ship 1941 | | Rys РЫСЬ (Lynx) | Renamed Bolshevik, sunk in an accident 13 September 1935 | | Tigr ТИГР (Tiger) | Renamed Kommunar, broken up 1936 | | Tur ТУР (Aurochs) | Renamed Tovarich, sunk in an accident 25 June 1935 | | Ugor УГОРЬ (Eel) | Sunk 27 March 1920 | | Vepr ВЕПРЬ (Wild Boar) | Hulked 1922 | | Volk ВОЛК (Wolf) | Stricken 1936 | | Yaguar ЯГУАР (Jaguar) | Stricken 1936 | | Yaz ЯЗЬ (Ide (fish)) | Stricken 1922 | | Zmeya ЗМЕЯ (Serpent) | Renamed Proletariy, sunk in an accident 22 May 1931 | | Erzh ЕРШ (Ruffe) | Sunk in an accident 22 May 1931 | | Forel ФОРЕЛЬ (Trout) | Stricken 1922 | Black Sea Fleet
Built by Nikolayev Navy Yard| Ship | Service/Fate |
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| Burvestnik БУРЕВЕСТНИК (Storm Petrel) | Seized by the Germans as SM US-1 and transferred to the White Russian forces in 1918, interned in Bizerte with Wrangel's fleet and scrapped 1924 | | Gagara ГАГАРА (Loon (bird)) | Seized by the Germans as US 4 and scuttled 26 April 1919 | | Lebed ЛЕБЕДЬ (Swan) | Seized by the Germans and scuttled 26 April 1919 | | Orlan ОРЛАН (Sea Eagle) | Seized by the Germans as US 2 and scuttled 26 April 1919 | | Pelikan ПЕЛИКАН (Pelican) | Seized by the Germans and scuttled 26 April 1919 | | Utka УТКА (Duck) | Seized by the Germans as US 3 and transferred to the White Russian forces in 1918, interned in Bizerte and scrapped 1924 | See also{{Commons category-inline|Bars class submarines}}References- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1922
- V.Dygalo, The Fleet of the State of Russia. The Roots and Origin of the Russian Navy (extract)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008003546/http://www.morflot.tsi.ru/rus_flot_1696-1917/podlodki/bars2.html History of Bars class] {{ru icon}}
- Rare submarine found at the bottom of Gulf of Finland: 28 May 2009, Postimees (in Estonian)
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