Russian submarine Borisoglebsk (K-496)

K-496 Borisoglebsk is a Russian advanced Delta III SSBN nuclear submarine. On 21 June 2005 the vessel served as the launch platform for a missile carrying a payload containing a solar sail experiment, Cosmos 1. The submarine was based in the Russian Northern Fleet. In early December 2008 Borisoglebsk was decommissioned from the fleet and was getting ready to be scrapped.[3]

History
Soviet Union, Russia
NameBorisoglebsk
Laid down23 September 1975
Launched13 August 1977
Completed30 December 1977
DecommissionedDecember 2008
FateTo be dismantled
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and typeDelta III-class submarine
Displacement
  • Surfaced: 10,600 tons
  • Submerged: 13,700 tons
Length155 m (509 ft)
Beam11.7 m (38 ft)
Draught8.7 m (29 ft)
Depth
  • Operational: 320 m (1,050 ft)
  • Maximum: 400 m (1,300 ft)
PropulsionReactor system OK-700A (two VM-4S (2*90 MW) PWR) powering 2 steam turbines delivering 44,700 kW (59,900 shp) to 2 five-bladed fixed pitched shrouded propellers
Speed
  • Surfaced: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
  • Submerged: 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
RangeUnlimited, except by food supplies
Complement40 officers, 90 enlisted
Armament
  • 16 × RSM-50 R-29R "Vysota" missiles
  • 4 × bow 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes
  • 16 torpedoes (SET-65, SAET-60M, 53-65K, 53-65M)

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