Delfinul submarine in 2008 |
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| Career (Romania) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Delfinul |
| Ordered: | 1984 |
| Builder: | Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112 |
| Commissioned: | August 1985 |
| Out of service: | 1995 |
| Homeport: | Constanţa |
| Status: | in reserve |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kilo-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 2,460 t., surfaced 3,180 t., submerged |
| Length: | 72.9 m (239 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in) |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), surfaced 20 knots (40 km/h/25 m/h), submerged |
| Complement: | 54 |
| Armament: | 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes for guided electric TEST-71 torpedoes, guided 53-65K oxygen-propelled torpedoes 28 naval mines 8 SA-16 Gimlet surface-to-air missiles |
Delfinul (Dolphin) is a Kilo class submarine of the Romanian Naval Forces. It was commissioned in August 1985 and is currently the only Romanian submarine in service. Due to a lack of funding the submarine is inactive since 1995 and kept in reserve docked in the military sector of the Port of Constanţa.
The submarine successfully accomplished 67 missions, with 2000 hours of immersion. During these missions, Delfinul launced 23 torpedoes and 2 naval mines. In 1996, the submarine exhausted the resources of the initial batteries and is kept in reserve since then. After 2001, the submarine was transferred to the "Mircea cel Bătrân" Naval Academy, being used as a training ship.
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