Beluga-class submarine
History | |
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Russia | |
Builder | United Admiralty Shipyard 196 |
Launched | 1986 |
Commissioned | 1988 |
Out of service | 1998 |
Stricken | 2007 |
Fate | Stricken |
General characteristics | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 62.0–65.5 m (203 ft 5 in – 214 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 6.3–8.7 m (20 ft 8 in – 28 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 5.6–6.0 m (18 ft 4 in – 19 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric |
Speed |
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Project 1710 Makrel (Russian: 1710 «Макрель»; NATO reporting name "Beluga") was a Russian SSA diesel-electric submarine. It was an experimental vessel used for testing propulsion systems, hull forms, and boundary-layer control techniques.
Development was undertaken by the Malakhit Design Bureau with construction at the Admiralty shipyard in St. Petersburg. [1]
The lone Beluga-class submarine in operation was S-553 Forel. Launched in 1986 and moth-balled around 1998, the last operation of the vessel is thought to have taken place in 1997. As of the mid-2000s, the entire project is believed to have been discontinued.
References
- ^ Beluga Class Submarine Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Federation of American Scientists: Project 1710 Mackerel Beluga class
- World Navies Today: Russian Submarines
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