Bellona Report nr. 2:96. Written by: Thomas Nilsen, Igor Kudrik and Alexandr Nikitin.
Project 670 A (Skat) - Charlie-I Class
|
Northern Fleet |
Pacific Fleet |
Total |
| In service |
0 |
8 |
8 |
| Inactive |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| Dismantled |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Number |
|
|
11 |
Technical Data
| Length: |
104 m |
Displacement: |
4 300/5 500 tons |
| Beam: |
9 9 m |
Maximum Depth: |
300 m |
| Draught: |
7.8 m |
Hull: |
Low magnetic steel |
| Speed: |
26 knots |
Crew: |
100 |
Compartments: 8
Reactor
A pressurised water reactor, model OK-350 with a VM-4 type reactor core
generating 89.2 MWt (18 000 hp).
Naval Architects
I.M. Ioffe, V.P. Vorobyov, STB-112.
Construction Yard
Naval shipyard Krasnoye Sormovo in Gorky.
Individual submarines
Pacific Fleet:
- K-43.
- From January 1988 until January 1991, K-43 was on loan to India. In India
it was known as Chakra, Project 06709.
- K-212.
- Until 1972, it was registered as vessel K-87.
- K-25 K-121 K 313
- K-308.
- Commissioned on September 20. 1970.
- K-320.
- While the submarine was under construction at the shipyard in Gorky, an
uncontrolled start up of the reactor occurred. This led to a leak of
radioactive water.[221] The submarine was laid
up as a reserve vessel in 1994.
- K-302 K-325
- K-429.
- The submarine sank at Kamchatka Peninsula on
June 24, 1983. It was later salvaged and towed to a navy yard. It sank again at
quay no. 13 on September 13, 1985. It was formally decommissioned in 1987.
- K-201.
- The submarine was laid up in 1994 as a reserve vessel.
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Endnotes
[221] Osipenko, L., Zhiltsov, L., and
Mormul, N., Atomnaya Podvodnaya Epopeya, 1994. Return
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