History | |
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Russian Navy | |
Name | K-329 Belgorod |
Namesake | Belgorod (City) |
Builder | Sevmash |
Laid down | 24 July 1992 |
Launched | 23 April 2019 |
Commissioned | 8 July 2022[1] |
Status | in service |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Oscar II-class submarine |
Type | Unmanned underwater vehicle submarine mothership, Status-6 Oceanic Multipurpose System platform[5] |
Displacement |
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Length | 184 m (603 ft 8 in)[4] |
Beam | 15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | 2 pressurized water reactor OK-650M.02 nuclear reactors,[3] 2 × steam turbines delivering 190 MW (250,000 shp) to two shafts |
Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) surfaced |
Range | Unlimited |
Endurance | 120 days |
Test depth | 500 to 520 m (1,640 to 1,710 ft) by various estimates |
Complement | 110 submariners |
Notes | Home port: Severodvinsk, Russia |
K-329 Belgorod (Russian: БС-329 «Белгород») is a modified design of the Oscar II class (NATO designation) Russian nuclear submarine. It was laid down in July 1992 as a Project 949A cruise missile submarine, NATO designation Oscar II class. It was redesigned and the partly built hull was reconfigured as a special operations vessel, able to operate unmanned underwater vehicles. The vessel was relaid in December 2012. Due to chronic underfunding, its construction was suspended, then resumed at a low rate of progress before the ship was redesigned to become a unique vessel — the first Russian fifth-generation submarine, according to the Ministry of Defence.[6]
The K-329 Belgorod, along with the Status-6 Oceanic Multipurpose System, was one of the last weapons systems presented by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual speech in March 2018.[7] It tested at sea in 1H2022 and was commissioned by the Russian Navy in July 2022.[8][9][10][11] The submarine was delivered to the Russian Navy on 8 July 2022.[1]
In light of the decommissioning of the last Typhoon-class submarine in 2023, the Belgorod is the world's largest operational submarine.[citation needed]
The Belgorod will reportedly be the first submarine to utilize the Status-6 Oceanic Multipurpose System.[5][12]
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