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A few days ago we were talking about whether any of
Simon Lake's Russian built submarines saw combat in WW1.
I posted an e mail sent to me by his great grandson
Jeff Lake that said to his knowledge there were none that saw
combat.
Then Jay Jeffries from our forum said he believed
that maybe none of the Russian Lake subs saw combat but perhaps the Austrian
ones built by Lake did.
I contacted Jeff Lake again and his e mail response I include below. It
sounds like he could use some help with the Simon Lake archives since his health
has not been good. Any volunteers? He said much of
the Simon Lake archives remain unstudied. That is a shame. He also said
something about a Simon Lake
protector class sub built for Russia still existing
on display in some courtyard somewhere. Has anyone heard of it or seen it?
What a find that would make!
I don't have the time but if anyone out there would
like to help Jeff Lake with his great grandfather's archives I'll just bet he
would appreciate it.
I also include herein this link to a site that at
least accounts for 6 of the 11 subs Lake built for Russia. Scroll down to "Lake
class Submarines" and you will
see that 6 of them were scrapped in
1913-1914. Here's the link http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/russian_submarines.htm
Kindest Regards,
Bill Akins.
Hi,
I know Jay. Last time I saw him was at the deactivation of the USS
SIMON LAKE ceremonies in 1999.
Sounds like jay and others may be allot more knowledgably in
this area than I. Much of the SL collection remains unstudied, and I have been
down with health problems these last few years. Also, with the Florida
hurricanes, the collection had to be moved and remains in storage at this point
while I rebuild.
An interesting research item is that a few years ago, there
was a suggestion thru the Navy that one of the Protector type subs built for
Russia may still exist in some courtyard on display. Inquiries haven't turned
any results that that is true or not. But would certainly make an exciting
discovery should it be true.
Regards,
Jeff
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