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I.G.Boubnov supervises the construction
of a new towing carriage, reinforcing the carriage tracks and
installing a unique device for underwater towing tests of Minoga
('Lamprey') and Akula ('Shark') submarine models. At the
same time, they establish a laboratory for ship material strength
and composition research and marine engine improvement.
Besides supervising the Towing Tank,
I.G.Boubnov takes an active part in designing Sevastopol-class
battleships and personally designs the first diesel-electric submarine
Minoga.
In 1912, I.G.Boubnov resigns from
the Towing Tank and in early 1914 becomes exclusively engaged
in managing the construction of new surface ships and submarines.
The Towing Tank starts testing commercial
vessel models. The first ones were models of cargo/passenger riverboats
built at the Sormovo Yard.
The Towing Tank builds the mechanical
laboratory for ship material research. Within the laboratory tests
over 2,000 specimens of materials for surface ships and submarines
under construction at that time.
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