Russian submarine Knyaz Oleg

History

Russia
Name:	Knyaz Oleg
Namesake:	Oleg of Novgorod
Builder:	Sevmash
Laid down:	27 July 2014
Status:	Under construction
General characteristics
Type:	Borei-class submarine
Displacement:	14,720 t (14,488 long tons) surfaced 24,000 t (23,621 long tons) submerged
Length:	170 m (557 ft 9 in)
Beam:	13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draught:	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:	1 × OK-650B nuclear reactor 1 × AEU steam turbine 1 shaft
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement:	130 officers and men
Armament:	16 × R-30 Bulava SLBMs 6 × (21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes) to fire a variety of appropriately sized weapons

Knyaz Oleg is a Russian nuclear submarine in the Borei class being constructed for the Russian Navy. The submarine was laid down on July 27, 2014.^[1] The submarine is named after Prince Oleg of Novgorod.

References

↑ "Russia’s Sevmash shipyard lays down 5th Borey class SSBN and 4th Yasen class SSN". navyrecognition.com. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

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