Lima-class submarine
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Name | Project 1840 |
Commissioned | 1979 |
Decommissioned | 1994 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 2000 tonnes surfaced, 2450 tonnes submerged |
Length | 86 m |
Beam | 9.5 m |
Draught | 7.4 m |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric |
Speed | 17 knots surfaced, 14 knots submerged |
Complement | 42 |
Armament | Unarmed |
Project 1840 is the name of a Soviet diesel-electric research submarine design of which only one vessel was built. The design is known in the west by its NATO reporting name Lima. The submarine, which was assigned hull number БС-555 (БС, большая специальная or bolshaya spetsialnaya, meaning large special), was completed in 1979, and used by the Black Sea Fleet. It was decommissioned and laid up in 1994. The unarmed vessel was equipped with two diving chambers for deep-sea operations and hydro-acoustic experiments.[1]
Citations
- ^ Pavlov, p. 82; Polmar & Moore, p. 209
Bibliography
- Friedman, Norman (1995). "Soviet Union 1947–1991: Russian Federation and Successor States 1991–". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 337–426. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Pavlov, A. S. (1997). Warships of the USSR and Russia 1945–1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-671-X.
- Polmar, Norman & Moore, Kenneth J. (2004). Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines. Washington, D. C.: Potomac Books. ISBN 978-1-57488-594-1.
- Polmar, Norman & Noot, Jurrien (1991). Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies, 1718–1990. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-570-1.
External links
- Federation of American Scientists: Lima
- Russian ships.info
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Soviet and Russian submarine classes after 1945
- 658 Hotel
- 667A Yankee
- 667B Delta I
- 667BD Delta II
- 667BDR Delta III
- 941 Typhoon
- 667BDRM Delta IV
- 955 Borei
- 659 Echo I
- 675 Echo II
- 670 Charlie I
- 670M Charlie II
- 661 PapaS
- 949 Oscar I
- 949A Oscar II
- 885 Yasen
- 545 Laika (proposed)
- 611 Zulu
- 613 Whiskey
- 615 Quebec
- 617 WhaleS
- 633 Romeo
- 641 Foxtrot
- 641B Tango
- 877 Kilo
- 636 Improved Kilo
- 677 Lada
- Amur (proposed)
- S1000 (development suspended)
- Kalina (proposed)
- 690 Bravo
- 940 India
- 1710 BelugaS
- 1840 LimaS
- 1910 Uniform
- 865 Losos
- 210 LosharikS
- 20120 SarovS
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