Beluga-class submarine

History

Russia
Builder:	United Admiralty Shipyard 196
Launched:	1986
Commissioned:	1988
Out of service:	1998
Struck:	2007
Fate:	Stricken
General characteristics
Type:	Submarine
Displacement:	1,400-1,485 tons surfaced 1,900 submerged
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:	10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 22–24 knots (41–44 km/h) submerged

Project 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.

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Soviet and Russian submarine classes after 1945

Ballistic missile nuclear submarines – SSBN	658 Hotel 667A Yankee 667B Delta I 667BD Delta II 667BDR Delta III 941 Typhoon 667BDRM Delta IV 955 Dolgorukiy

Cruise missile nuclear submarines – SSGN	659 Echo I 675 Echo II 670 Charlie I 670M Charlie II 661 Papa^S 949 Oscar I 949A Oscar II

Nuclear attack submarines – SSN	627A November 671 Victor I 671RT Victor II 671RTM Victor III 705/705K Alfa 945 Sierra I 945A Sierra II 685 Mike^S 971 Akula 885 Severodvinsk

Conventional ballistic missile submarines – SSB	AV611 Zulu IV 629 Golf

Conventional cruise missile submarines – SSG	644/665 Whiskey (missile) 651 Juliett

Conventional attack submarines – SS or SSK	611 Zulu 613 Whiskey 615 Quebec 617 Whale^S 633 Romeo 641 Foxtrot 641B Tango 877 Kilo 636 Improved Kilo 677 St. Petersburg Amur S1000 Kalina

Auxiliary submarines – SSA	690 Bravo 940 India 1710 Beluga^S 1840 Lima^S 1910 Uniform 865 Losos Sarov^S

S Single ship of class

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