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Bellona Report nr. 2:96. Written by: Thomas Nilsen, Igor Kudrik and Alexandr Nikitin.

Project 685 (Plavnik) - Mike Class

Drawing of 685 (Plavnik) - Mike
Northern Fleet Pacific Fleet Total
In service 0 0 0
Inactive 0 0 0
Dismantled 0 0 0
Sunk: [261] 1 0 1
Number 1

The submarine K-278, Komsomolets, was built as an experimental vessel and was the only one of its class.

Technical Data

Length: 120 m Displacement: 6 400 tons
Beam: 12 m Maximum Depth: 1 020 m
Draught: 8 m Hull: Titanium alloy
Speed: 30 knots Crew: 64

Compartments: 7

  1. Torpedo room
  2. Accommodations
  3. Control room
  4. Reactor compartment
  5. Electrical motors
  6. Turbines
  7. Auxiliary mechanisms

Reactor

One pressurised water reactor, model OK-650 b-3 generating 190 MWt which gave a shaft power of 43 000 hp.

Nuclear Weapons

Two RK-55 type torpedoes.

Naval Architect, Principal designer:

N.A. Klimov and J.N. Karmilitsin, SKB-18 (Rubin).

Construction Yard

K-278 Komsomolets was laid down in Severodvinsk on April 22, 1978. The submarine was launched on May 9, 1983, and commissioned at the end of 1984. The construction of one other Mike class submarine was started in Severodvinsk, but work was halted.

Base

The submarine Komsomolets was based at Bolshaya Lopatka at Zapadnaya Litsa until its sinking in April 1989.

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Endnotes

[261] Morskoy sbornik, No. 4 - 1994. Return

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