B-515  

Country:  Russia

Class, [Type]: Tango (Som), [SS].

Builder: Krasnoe Sormovo, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.

Launch date: 26 April 1976.

Commission date: 16 December 1976.

Decommission date: 10 April 2002.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.770 surfaced, 3.556 submerged.

Dimensions ( metres ): 90,2 x 8,6 x 5,7

Main machinery: 3 x diesels 2D42M ( 1900 hp ), 1 x PG-102 electric motor ( 2700 hp ), 2 x PG-10 electric motors ( 1350 hp ) , 1 x PG-104 electric motor ( 140 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 13 surfaced, 16 submerged.

Range ( miles ): 20.000 at 11 knots surfaced, 14.000 at 7 knots snorkelling; submerged: 15 at 15 knots , 450 at 2.5 knots.

Complement: 78 ( 17 officers ).

Torpedoes: 6 x 533mm tubes, 24 x missiles/torpedoes/mines.

Mines: Can lay mines.

Military lift: Fuel: 410/420tm.

Radar: Search: 1 x MRK-50.

Sonar: 1 x MGK-400 Rubikon low frequency active/passive suite.

Countermeasures: ESM: MRM-25EM (Squid Head).

Comment: Currently a museum in Hamburg, Germany, renamed to U-434. Operational diving depth is 240m, maximum depth is 300m.