Vessel Nordenfelt Class Submarines (c. 1885 - )

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c. 1885

Summary

Nordenfelt Class Submarines I-IV were four steam-powered submarines designed and constructed by Swedish engineer Thorsten Nordenfelt.

Nordenfelt I, built in Sweden 1884-85, was equipped with a single torpedo tube and machine gun. The torpedo mechanism was only operational while the vessel was surfaced, as the vessel shut down its engine to dive.

An advance was made in 1886 when the Nordenfelt II (Abdülhamid), one of two submarines Nordenfelt constructed for the Ottoman Navy, became the first submarine to fire a torpedo while submerged. The other submarine built for the Ottoman Navy was called Nordenfelt III (Abdülmecid).

Nordenfelt IV was equipped with dual engines and twin torpedo tubes and was built for the Russian Navy.

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Books

  • Gray, Edwyn, Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'The Nordenfelt Submarine Boat', Engineering, vol. 40, 2 October 1885, p. 334. Details
  • 'The Nordenfelt Submarine Boat', Engineering, vol. 40, 16 October 1885, p. 371. Details
  • 'Official Trial of the Nordenfelt Submarine Vessel', The Engineer, vol. 64, 23 December 1887, p. 511. Details
  • 'The Nordenfelt Submarine Boat at Constantinople', The Engineer, vol. 63, 24 June 1887, p. 499. Details
  • 'Nordenfelt Submarine Torpedo Boats', The Engineer, vol. 65, 24 February 1888, p. 157. Details
  • 'The Nordenfelt Submarine Boat', The Engineer, vol. 65, 16 March 1888, pp. 212-213. Details
  • 'The Nordenfelt Submarine Torpedo Boat', The Engineer, vol. 70, 5 September 1890, p. 190. Details
  • Maber, J. M., 'Nordenfelt Submarines', Warship, vol. 32, 1984, pp. 218-225. Details

Sources used to compile this entry: Gray, Edwyn, Nineteenth Century Torpedoes and Their Inventors, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004; Maber, J. M., 'Nordenfelt Submarines', Warship, vol. 32, 1984, pp. 218-225.

Prepared by: Rebecca Rigby