Bellona Report nr. 2:96. Written by: Thomas Nilsen, Igor Kudrik and Alexandr Nikitin.
Project 667 BDRM (Delfin) - Delta IV Class
|
Northern Fleet |
Pacific Fleet |
Total |
In service |
7 |
0 |
7 |
Inactive |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Dismantled |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Number |
|
|
7 |
Technical Data
Length: |
167 m |
Displacement: |
9 210/11 740 tons |
Beam: |
12.2 m |
Maximum Depth: |
400 m |
Draught: |
8.8 m |
Speed: |
24 knots |
Crew: |
130 |
Hull: |
Low magnetic steel |
Compartments: 10
Reactor
Two pressurised water reactors, model OK-700, with a VM-4 type reactor core
generating 2 x 90 MWt.
Nuclear Weapons
Sixteen (16) RSM-54 type missiles (SS-N-23).
Naval Architect
S.N. Kovalev.
Construction Yard
The submarines were built in Severodvinsk from February 1981 to February
1992.
Base
All seven submarines of the Delta-IV class are stationed at the naval base
Gadzhievo at Olenya Bay.
Individual Submarines
- K-51.
- Laid down on February 23, 1981. Launched in January 1985 and commissioned
by the navy on December 29, 1985.
- K-84.
- Laid down in November 1984. The vessel was launched in December 1985 and
commissioned in February 1986.
- K-64.
- Laid down in November 1985. The vessel was launched in December 1986 and
commissioned in February 1988.
- K-114.
- Laid down in December 1986. The vessel was launched in September 1987 and
commissioned in February 1989.
- K-117.
- Laid down in September 1987. The vessel was launched in September 1985 and
commissioned in March 1990.
- K-18.
- Laid down in September 1988. The vessel was launched in November 1989 and
commissioned in February 1991.
- K-407.
- Laid down in November 1989. The vessel was launched in January 1991 and
commissioned on 20 February, 1992.
Photo.
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