Delta III-class submarine
A Delta III-class submarine
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Class overview | |
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Name | Delta III class |
Builders | Severnoye Mashinostroitelnoye Predpriyatie Severodvinsk |
Operators | Soviet Navy, Russian Navy |
Preceded by | Delta II class |
Succeeded by | Delta IV class & Typhoon class |
Subclasses | Project 09786 Special Purpose Submarine |
Completed | 14 |
Active | 1 http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nbrs/667BDR/list.htm |
Retired | 13 http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nbrs/667BDR/list.htm |
General characteristics [1][2] | |
Type | Submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 166 m (545 ft) |
Beam | 12.3 m (40 ft) |
Draught | 8.7 m (29 ft) |
Depth |
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Propulsion | Reactor system OK-700A (two VM-4S (2*90 MW) PWR) powering 2 steam turbines delivering 44,700 kW (59,900 shp) to 2 five-bladed fixed pitched shrouded propellers |
Speed |
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Range | Unlimited, except by food supplies |
Complement | 40 officers, 90 enlisted |
Armament |
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The Delta III-class submarine, Soviet designation Project 667BDR Kaľmar (Squid), is a large
Design
The technical description and requirements for a new
The hull is divided into ten waterproof sections. The first, third, and tenth sections are emergency sections with escape hatches and transverse struts added to increase pressure resistance. A new modular freon firefighting system was installed. A solarium and gymnasium were to be installed to improve living conditions.
The main propulsion system, OK-700A, consists of two
The Delta III class are fitted with a new sonar system, the MGK-400 Rubikon (in submarine K-424, the older MGK-100 Kerch was installed), developed under the leadership of main designer S.M. Shelechov. The Rubikon can operate in infrasound frequencies, and contains automated systems for target classification. Its maximum range in ideal hydrologic conditions is about 200 km (120 mi). The Delta III class are equipped with a new battle management system, the Almaz-BDR (or MVU-JZBDR)
In February 1973, State Rocket Center Makayev began development of a new two-stage
The submarines have four 533mm bow torpedo tubes and carry sixteen torpedoes of types SET-65, SAET-60M, 53-65K, 53-65M, or any combination thereof.
History
The first ship of the class, K-424, was laid down on 30 January 1974 in Severnoye Mashinostroitelnoye Predpriyatie (Sevmash), Severodvinsk, as the last ship of the Delta II class. During construction the new D-9R missile system was integrated into the Delta II hull without any changes in other equipment. The ship was launched on 11 February 1976 and passed sea trials in November 1976. Then tests of the new missile system were started in the White and Barents Seas; 22 missiles were launched (four R-29PL, six R-29R, twelve R-29RK) and the missile system was commissioned in September 1978.
Most submarines served in the Pacific Fleet at Rybachiy submarine base near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Seven under-ice Arctic voyages and two along the Southern territories were completed since 1980. Under-ice voyages were very difficult. In some places the depth of the sea is less than 50 metres (160 ft) and the thickness of ice about 15 metres (49 ft). That gives only a few metres around the submarine.
Two submarines served in the Northern Fleet at the Gazhiyevo submarine base and three at the Olenya submarine base. From the 1990s all the Northern Fleet subs were stationed at Gazhiyevo.
All Delta III-class submarines passed general overhaul refuelling and upgrade in
Most of the ships were decommissioned from 1995, when their next overhaul became due. Only the newest submarine, K-44 Ryazan, had a second general overhaul and refuelling during 2005–2007, which gave it a potential service life to 2017. It underwent another overhaul in 2012 and returned to service in 2017.[4]
In 1994–2002 the submarine
On 30 September 2008, a Russian Navy spokesman reported that Ryazan had successfully completed a 30-day transit from a base in northern Russia under the Arctic ice cap to the Rybachiy submarine base, Kamchatka Peninsula. The Navy added that Ryazan would soon be assigned to regularly patrol the Pacific Ocean.[5] In July 2008, six Delta III boats were active, of which two were believed to be in the process of decommissioning.[6]
K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets was involved in a collision with a fishing vessel on 22 September 2011. The submarine did not sustain serious damage.[7]
As part of Russia's "Thunder 2019" military exercise, Ryazan attempted to launch two R-29R ballistic missiles on 17 October 2019. However, only one did so successfully while the other remained in its launch tube.[8]
Sections of pressure hull
- Forward torpedo section
- Battery and forward habitable section
- Command and control section
- Forward missile section
- Rear missile section
- Auxiliary mechanism and rear habitable section
- Nuclear reactor section
- Forward turbine section
- Rear turbine section
- Stern section
Boats
# | Shipyard | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | Status |
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K-424 | SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | NA | 30 January 1974 | 11 February 1976 | 30 December 1976 | Northern | Decommissioned 28 March 1995 for scrapping[9] |
K-441 | SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | NA | 7 May 1974 | 25 May 1976 | 31 October 1976 | Pacific | Decommissioned 28 March 1995 for scrapping[9] |
K-449 | SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | NA | 19 July 1974 | 29 July 1976 | 5 February 1977 | Pacific | in reserve from 1996,[9] decommissioned in 2001, scrapped 2008 |
K-455 | SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | NA | 16 October 1974 | 16 August 1976 | 30 December 1976 | Pacific | in reserve from 1998–99,[9] probably decommissioned |
K-490 | SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | NA | 6 March 1975 | 27 January 1977 | 30 September 1977 | Pacific | in reserve from 1998–99,[9] probably decommissioned |
K-487 | SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | NA | 9 June 1975 | 4 April 1977 | 27 December 1977 | Northern | in reserve from 1998–99,[9] probably decommissioned |
K-496
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | Borisoglebsk | 23 September 1975 | 13 August 1977 | 30 December 1977 | Northern[9] | Decommissioned on 9 December 2008,[10] fuel discharged.[3] |
K-506 | SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | Zelenograd | 29 December 1975 | 26 January 1978 | 30 November 1978 | Pacific | Removed from service in 2010, Decommissioned in June 2010 |
K-211
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy | 19 August 1976 | 13 January 1979 | 28 September 1979 | Pacific | Removed from active service in December 2010, in reserve 2012[11] |
K-223 | SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | Podolsk | 19 February 1977 | 30 April 1979 | 27 November 1979 | Pacific | Removed from active service in 2018[12] |
K-180 | SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | NA | 27 December 1977 | 8 January 1980 | 25 September 1980 | Pacific[9] | In reserve from 2004, scrapped in 2008[13] |
K-433
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets | 24 August 1978 | 20 June 1980 | 15 December 1980 | Pacific | Removed from active service in 2018[12] |
BS-136 (ex K-129 )
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SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | Orenburg | 9 April 1979 | 15 April 1981 | 5 November 1981 | Northern | 1994–2002 – conversion to special purpose submarine Project 09786 (carrier of mini-submarine). In refit since 2021[14] |
K-44 | SEVMASH, Severodvinsk | Ryazan | 31 January 1980 | 19 January 1982 | 17 September 1982[15] | Pacific | The submarine has been decommissioned http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nbrs/667BDR/list.htm |
See also
References
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- ^ "Проект 667БДР «Кальмар» (NATO - "Delta III")" [Project 667BDR "Kalmar"]. DeepStorm (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 September 2011.
- ^ "Ryazan Project 667BDR submarine is back in service". Russianforces.org. 15 February 2017. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- McClatchy-Tribune. 1 October 2008. p. 9.
- ^ Podvig, Pavel (28 November 2008). "Strategic fleet". RussianForces.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ "Russian Nuclear Sub Lightly Damaged in Collision". Defense News. 22 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ Marrow, Alexander (21 October 2019). "Russian nuclear submarine aborts ballistic missile test". Reuters. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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- ^ "Началась утилизация АПЛ «Борисоглебск»" [The dismantling of the Borisoglebsk nuclear submarine has begun]. Bellona.ru (in Russian). 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ "К-211, "Петропавловск-Камчатский", Проект 667БДР" [K-211, "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky", Project 667BDR]. DeepStorm (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ a b Podvig, Pavel (14 March 2018). "Two Project 667BDR submarines withdrawn from service". Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ "К-180, Проект 667БДР" [K-180, Project 667BDR]. Deepstorm (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ "K-129, KC-129, БС-136, "Оренбург", проекты 667БДР, 09786" [K-129, KC-129, BS-136, "Orenburg", projects 667BDR, 09786]. DeepStorm (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ "Russian nuclear submarine makes 30-day trip under Arctic ice". Rusnavy.com. 1 October 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2010.