Russian submarine id

[greenman407]

Beluga project 1710
The Beluga hull was similar to a Sierra and its sail was similar to an Alpha. Early tests with a model showed that the advanced hull shape(a la Albacore)with the addition of a polymer mixture distributed in certain areas would yield a 40% decrease in drag and an increase of 13% in projected speed. The polymer injection system targeted the propellor, planes and hull areas. Only one was built and it was deemed sucessful. It was constructed in 1985 and tested from 1988 and 1997.It could reach 10 knots surfaced and 24 knots submerged. It was rummered to be also a test bed for an AIP system. It was s****ped in 2002.

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Heres a couple more of the priz. Sail looks different and bow does also on the last one pictured.

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Quebec Project A615
30 of these problematic submarines were built. Although they had many problems , it was a good attempt at introducing untried technology to the field. In hindsite there should have been a longer trials period before so much was commited in series production. They were 186 ft. long and had four bow tubes with no reloads. The early versions were the last soviet subs built with a deck gun. It was equipped with three diesels, two of which were operated normally. The third one, which was the middle, was operated using AIP. They did this by carrying on board Liquid oxygen. The exhaust gases were scrubbed of Co2 and dumped overboard. These purified exhaust gases were then mixed with additional fuel and oxygen and fed into the center engine. Several boats were lost to fires. Another problem was that thru evaporation much oxygen was lost. Also note worthy was that they had a fixed snorkle at the rear of the sail.

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Uniform project 1910 (Kashalot)
There were three built but the last one was never finished fitting out. They have one PWR and a single shaft with a propulsor in at least one of the examples, being driven by 10,000 SHP. They easily reach 30 knots. All of them are unarmed. Among their capabilitys is a diving depth of over 3000 ft. To make this possible they have a single hull made of titanium. It has been speculated that they were designed for covert operations. In the pictures note the unusual HF whip antenna and special round windows on the sides of the sail. One of them was used in the salvage operation of the Kursk.

[greenman407]

Notice the blisters on the hull at the waterline right below the sail. It is believed that these house part of the thruster mechanism. If the round windows on the sails sides are indeed viewing ports then it would be reasonable to assume that the sail is watertight.

These drawings show that another pair of thruster blisters are also located toward the stern

[greenman407]

These pictures are not real clear but are reported to be of the Uniform.

[redboat219]

So the Uniform is Russia's version of the NR-1?

[greenman407]

Yes , very similar. Watch for an upcoming post to the general section of this forum entitled NR-1

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Sarov Project 20120
The most secretive submarine design and construction in the history of the Soviet Union. Thats what some are calling this Super Secret sub. Only one has been planned and built. Its called a technology Demonstrator. Its also referred to as a Universal test Platform. To me thats politically correct phrases indicating Covert Action. It has been hinted that its a launch platform for a single, horizontally fired torpedo or cruise missile of unprecidented size. On the order of 1.5-2.0 cm. Thats up to over 6 1/2 ft. in diameter. It is diesel fuelled with a nuclear reactor as a supplement. It was launched in 2007. Many questions remain unanswered. After looking at the pictures, I think that you will agree that there are way too many bumps and blisters and bulges even for a Russian submarine.

Did you take note of the large bump in the middle of the picture running at a diagonal to the sub? Very unusual, even for the Russians.

[greenman407]

In this shot notice the attempt at covering over the upper bow. Also the large opening at the bottom of the bow , port side.

I believe that , although my source for this picture indicates it as a sail to the Sarov, I believe them to be in error. The Sarov has bow planes only whereas this picture shows sail planes. Im going to leave the picture full size because of the similarity of the Sarov sail and a Amur/ Lada.

Notice the apparent lack of torpedo tubes but what looks like one big door right in the upper center of the bow!

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Sarov on the left.

Notice the deep groove here on the port side way aft of the sail. There appears to be one also near the bow. If there is one on the port side then there is probably one also on the starboard.

[greenman407]

OK , thats it for post war subs. Now, lets get into prewar Russian subs. By the by, there were no project numbers back in the day.
Dekabrist
Leninets
Shchuka
Pravda
Malyutka
S class
K class