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{{For|later submarines known as Som class|Tango-class submarine}}
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|Ship caption= Russian submarine ''Beluga''.
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Som'' class
|Builders=[[Sredne-Nevskiy Shipyard|Nevski Yard]], [[St. Petersburg]]
|Operators={{navy|Russian Empire}}
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|In commission range=1905–1913
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|Total ships completed=7
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|Total ships lost=7
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|Ship type= [[Submarine]]
|Ship displacement=*105 tons surfaced
*122 tons submerged
|Ship length= {{convert|20|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|3.5|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught= {{convert|2.9|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*1 shaft: [[gasoline engine|petrol engine]]/[[electric motor]]
*{{convert|160|hp|kW|abbr=on}}/{{convert|70|hp|kW|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed=*{{convert|8.5|kn}} surfaced
*{{convert|6|kn}} submerged
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|Ship complement=24
|Ship armament=*1× {{convert|15|in|mm|adj=on|0}} [[torpedo tube]] (bow)
*1× [[machine gun]]
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The '''''Som'' class''' were a series of [[submarine]]s built for the [[Imperial Russian Navy]] in 1904–1907. They were designed by the [[General Dynamics Electric Boat|Electric Boat Company]] and ordered in the 1904 emergency programme at the time of the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. The boats were built in [[St. Petersburg]] and were designed to be transportable by train. The first boat, {{ship|Russian submarine|Som||2}}, was originally ''Fulton,'' an experimental submarine that was the prototype for {{USS|Plunger|SS-2|6}} and subsequent {{sclass|Plunger|submarine|2}}s. The vessel was sold and delivered to Russia in sections and re-assembled in St. Petersburg.<ref>{{cite book |last=Gardiner |first=Robert |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |year=1985 |isbn=0-85177-245-5 |pages=312–313 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j29zoWpozl8C&pg=PA312 }}</ref>

==Ships==

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! Ship
! namesake
! Launched
!Service / Fate
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| {{ship|Russian submarine|Som||2}} – Сом
| Catfish
| 1904
|ex ''Fulton'' – Delivered to [[Vladivostok]] 1904; to Black Sea Fleet then to Baltic Fleet 1915; sunk in collision 10 May 1916. The [[2015 Swedish submarine wreck discovery|wreck was found in 2015]] in Swedish territorial waters.
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| ''Beluga'' – Белуга
| Beluga
| 1905
|Baltic Fleet – [[Scuttling|Scuttled]] 25 February 1918 in [[Tallinn]]
|-
|''Losos'' – Лосось
|Salmon
|1905
|Black Sea Fleet – Scuttled 1919 in [[Sevastopol]]
|-
|''Peskar'' – Пескарь
|Gudgeon
|1905
|Baltic Fleet – Scuttled 25 February 1918 in Tallinn
|-
|''Schuka'' – Щука
|Pike
|April 1905
|Baltic Fleet – Scuttled 25 February 1918 in Tallinn
|-
|''Sterlyad'' – Стерлядь
|Sterlet
|1905
|Baltic Fleet – Scuttled 25 February 1918 in Tallinn
|-
|''Sudak'' – Судак
|Sander
|1907
|Black Sea Fleet – Scuttled 1919 in Sevastopol
|}

==Wreck found==
{{main|2015 Swedish submarine wreck discovery}}
In July 2015 it was reported that the wreck of ''Som'' (Сом) had been located in Swedish waters.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/frammande-ubat-hittad-i-svenskt-vatten/ |newspaper=[[Expressen]] |title=Främmande ubåt hittad i svenskt vatten |trans-title=Foreign submarine found in Swedish waters |first1=Max |last1=Sohl Stjernberg |first2=Johan |last2=Ronge |first3=Mimmi |last3=Nilsson  |date=27 July 2015 |accessdate=27 July 2015 |language=Swedish}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/27/sweden-wreckage-russian-submarine |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |title=Sweden investigating underwater wreckage as possible Russian submarine |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=27 July 2015 |accessdate=27 July 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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