Several Members have sent this information, and we thank them all. I am asking our new Member, RADM TSAREV to look over his files and send us any additional information on these submarines.

DELFIN was sunk 16 June, 1904 with all hands (27 men) lost. He was swamped by the wash of a passing ship at Kronshtadt; was later raised and put back into service.

KAMBALA was sunk 11 June, 1909 when he was actually cut in two by the bows of the battleship ROSTISLAV five miles from Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula with 20 men lost, 4 survivors. He was later raised and returned to service.

FOREL foundered while in tow on 1 June 1910 and sank with no loss of life.

MINOGA sank in March of 1914 off Libau due to a leaking ventilator. He was raised after only 10 hours and the entire 20 man crew was saved.

VOLK was lost sometime in 1927 during exercises. We have no other details. He was later raised and put back into service.

RABOTCHI was lost to unknown causes on 22 May, 1931 in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of the entire crew, 35 men. He was later raised and put back into service.

L-55 collided with the German steamer GRATTIA 35 miles west of Leningrad and sank with the loss of the entire crew, 50 men. He was later raised and returned to service.

PROLETARY was lost 5 September, 1934 in a diving accident. No details are available. He was raised and broken up.

METALIST was lost in 1934 due to a diving accident. No further details are known.

BOLSHEVIK was lost 13 September, 1935. No further details are known, but he was raised and broken up.

Sometime in September of 1983, a CHARLIE Class submarine was lost to unknown causes in the Northern Pacific with the loss of the entire crew, about 90 men. He was later raised.

Yes, “he” for a Russian ship or submarine. While almost anywhere else in the world, a ship or submarine is “she” that is not the case in Russia. Peter the Great refered to his first boat as “he” and so it has remained for 300 years.