Zulu class submarine
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Zulu class submarine |
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | 1950 |
| Laid down: | 1951 |
| Launched: | 1951 |
| Commissioned: | 1952 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Length | 90 m (295 ft) |
| Beam | 7.5 m |
| Draft | 5.14 m |
| Displacement | 1875 tons surfaced 2387 tons submerged |
| Propulsion | 3 diesel engines (6000 hp) 3 electric motors (5400 hp) |
| Complement | 70 officers and men |
| Armament: | 6 bow and 4 stern 533-mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes 22 torpedoes 6 of the submarines were equipped with F-11FM Scud missiles |
| Speed | Surfaced: 18 knots (33,34 km/h) Submerged: 16 knots (29,63 km/h) |
| Maximum Depth | 200 m (656 ft) |
| Range | 20,000 nm (37,040 km) surfaced |
The Soviet Navy's Project 611, also known by their NATO reporting name of Zulu-class, were designed as attack submarines, but six were converted to become the world's first ballistic missile submarines, one armed with a single F-11FM Scud missile and five others with two Scuds each. The missiles were too long to be contained in the boat's hull, and extended into the enlarged sail. Soviet submarine B-67 successfully launched a missile on 16 September 1955.
The design was influenced by the German Type XXI U-boat of the World War II era.
The success of the converted Zulus prompted the design of Project 629, the Golf class submarines.
A total of 26 boats were built, the first entering service in 1952.
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