Russian submarine Burevestnik
 Launch of Burevestnik, 1916
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| History | |
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 Russian Empire | |
| Name | Burevestnik |
| Namesake | Storm Petrel |
| Launched | 15 November 1916 |
| Commissioned | October 1917, or January 1918 |
| Captured |
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| Fate | Scrapped, 1924[1] |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Bars class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 223 ft (68.0 m) |
| Beam | 15 ft (4.57 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (3.96 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 400 nmi (740 km) |
| Complement | 33 |
| Armament |
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Russian submarine Burevestnik ("
First World War but was not completed before the end of hostilities. She served with the White Russian forces for two years before being interned in Bizerte with Wrangel's fleet
. She was broken up in 1924.
Service history
Burevestnik was laid down at the Nikolaev
General Wrangel.[1]
In November 1920, she was part of the evacuation of Wrangel's fleet and was interned at Bizerte in French North Africa.
In 1924, she was recognized by the French as the property of the Soviet government but did not return to the USSR and was later scrapped at Bizerte.[2][3]
References
- ^ ISBN 085177-245-5.
- ^ Burevestnik at deepstorm.ru; retrieved 22 February 2019
- ISBN 0-85177-593-4.