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BSF sub to be laid down on Aug 20

BSF sub to be laid down on Aug 20 17.08.2010
Text: RusNavy.com
Photo: Project 636 subs at Admiralteyskie Verfi. RusNavy.com
Project 636 diesel electric submarine for Black Sea Fleet will be laid down on Aug 20 at Admiralteyskie Verfi shipyard (St. Petersburg), reports RIA Novosti referring to the shipyard press service.

The keel-laying ceremony will be attended by Mikhail Oseyevsky, Vice Governor of St. Petersburg; Leonid Strugov, representative of Russian Ministry of Trade and Industry; Roman Trotsenko, president of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation; Vladimir Aleksandrov, director general of Admiralteyskie Verfi shipyard.

Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief said late July that 3 Project 636 submarines and 3 frigates of new project would be laid down at Russian shipyards for Black Sea Fleet in 2010.

CHARACTERISTICS OF PROJECT 636 SUBMARINES

NATO classification: Improved Kilo
Surface speed: 17 knots
Submerged speed: 20 knots
Operating depth: 240 meters
Test depth: 350 meters
Endurance: 45 days
Crew: 57

DIMENSIONS

Surface displacement: 2,300 tons
Submerged displacement: 3,950 tons
Extreme length (at design waterline): 76.2 meters
Extreme beam: 9.9 meters
Mean draft (at design waterline): 6.2 meters

ARMAMENT

6 x 533-mm torpedo tubes (18 torpedoes or 24 mines) capable to launch Club-S missiles
MANPADS Strela-3M or Igla-1

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