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| History |
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 Russia |
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| Builder | United Admiralty Shipyard 196 |
| Launched | 1986 |
| Commissioned | 1988 |
| Out of service | 1998 |
| Stricken | 2007 |
| Fate | Stricken |
| General characteristics |
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| Type | Submarine |
| Displacement |
- 1,400-1,485 tons surfaced
- 1,900 submerged
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| Length | 62.0–65.5 m (203 ft 5 in – 214 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 6.3–8.7 m (20 ft 8 in – 28 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 5.6–6.0 m (18 ft 4 in – 19 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric |
| Speed |
- 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced
- 22–24 knots (41–44 km/h) submerged
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Project 1710 Makrel (Russian: 1710 «Макрель»; NATO reporting name "Beluga") was a Russian SSA diesel-electric submarine. It was an experimental vessel used for testing propulsion systems, hull forms, and boundary-layer control techniques.
Development was undertaken by the Malakhit Design Bureau with construction at the Admiralty shipyard in St. Petersburg.
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The lone Beluga-class submarine in operation was S-553 Forel. Launched in 1986 and moth-balled around 1998, the last operation of the vessel is thought to have taken place in 1997. As of the mid-2000s, the entire project is believed to have been discontinued.
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