Bellona Report nr. 2:96. Written by: Thomas Nilsen, Igor Kudrik and Alexandr Nikitin.
Project 941 (Akula) - Typhoon Class
|
Northern Fleet |
Pacific Fleet |
Total |
| In service |
6 |
0 |
6 |
| Inactive |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dismantled |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Number |
|
|
6 |
All of the Typhoon class submarines belong to the Northern Fleet.
Technical Data
| Length: |
175 m |
Displacement: |
24 500/33 800 |
| Beam: |
22.8 m |
Hull: |
Low magnetic steel |
| Draught: |
11.5 m |
Crew: |
170 |
| Speed: |
27 knots |
Maximum Depth: |
400 m |
Compartments: 19
Reactor
Two pressurised water reactors, model OK-650, with VV type reactor cores
generating 190 MWt with a shaft power of 2x50 000 hp.
Nuclear Weapons
20 ballistic missiles, type RSM-52 (SS-N-20).
Naval Architect
SKB-18 (Rubin), S.N. Kovalev.
Construction Yard
The Typhoon class submarines were built in Severodvinsk in the period from
March 1977 until September 1989. A seventh vessel was begun but never
finished.[233]
Base
All six of the Typhoon class submarines are based at Nerpichya in Zapadnaya
Litsa.[234]
Commentary
In 1992, one of the Typhoon submarines was severely damaged during the test
firing of a missile.[235] It was eventually
repaired and put into operation again. As a consequence of considerable
dissatisfaction with the Typhoon concept, all submarines of this class have now
been modernised with new SS-N- 24/26 type missiles.[236]
Individual Submarines
- TK-208.
- Laid down on March 3, 1977. Launched on September 23, 1980, and
commissioned on December 12, 1981.
- TK-202.
- Laid down on October 1, 1980. Launched on April 26, 1982, and commissioned
on December 28, 1995.
- TK-12.
- Laid down on April 27, 1982. Launched on December 17, 1983, and
commissioned on December 27, 1984.
- TK-13.
- Laid down on January 5, 1984. Launched on February 21, 1985, and
commissioned on December 29, 1985
- TK-17.
- Laid down on 24 February 1985. Launched in August of 1996, and
commissioned on November 6, 1987.
- TK-20.
- Laid down on 6 January 1987. Launched in June 1988 and commissioned in
September 1989.
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Endnotes
[233] Pavlov, A.S., Military
Vessels in the Soviet Union and Russia 1945-1995, 1994. Return
[234] Murmansky vestnik, September 2.
1995.. Return
[235]
Jane's Defence Weekly, November 4, 1995. Return
[236] Ibid. Return
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