Project 705
Alfa class
Drawings:
Ships:
K-64 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 900 - laid down 2.6.68 - launched 22.4.69 - completed 31.12.71; 15.10 to 21.10.70 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; 13.11.70 first time at sea under own power; from 1972 attached to the 3rd Submarine Division; 31.1.72 suffered a major reactor problem (leak of the liguid metal coolant); 3.6.72 towed into SRZ-10, Polyarnyy; 24.6.72 towed to SRZ Zvezdochka, Severodvinsk; from 1973 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 12.10 to 19.10.73 split in half - the bow section was towed to Leningrad, via inland waterways, and would be used for training; officially decomissioned 9.2.78
K-316 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01675 - laid down 26.4.69 - launched 25.7.74 - completed 30.9.78; 25.7.77 re-classified as a BPL; 7.10 to 22.10.77 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; from 23.11.78 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; 1979 operational tour; 1981 operational tour; 7.6 to 12.6.81 took part in the exercise "Sever-81"; 1982 operational tour; 4.83 took part in "Okean-83", together with "K-432", "K-493" and "K-463"; 29.5 to 13.6.83 took part in the "Razbeg-83" exercise; 10.83 in the Arctic area, together with "TK-208"; 1984 operational tour; 10.84 to 11.84 overhaul at SRZ-10, Polyarnyy; 25.12.84 began new operational tour, but returned 27.12.84, due to a problem with the drinking water; 3.6 to 20.7.85 took part in tests in the Norwegian Sea; 20.12.87 removed from the active list; 8.88 to Gremikha, for removal of the reactor - this was done 2.90 - then towed to Zapad Litsa; 19.4.90 decomissioned; 6.95 towed to Severodvinsk for scrapping
K-373 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01680 - laid down 26.6.72 - launched 19.4.78 - completed 29.12.79; 25.7.77 re-classified as a BPL; 10.79 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; from 12.1.80 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; during tests fired four torpedoes from a depth of 280m, and fired a VA-111 Shkval torpedo missile for the first time in the Soviet Navy; 10.80 to 11.80 operational tour; 4.81 took part in the "Sever-81" exercise, together with "K-123" and "K-432"; 1981 conducted two operational tours; 3.82 to 5.82 overhaul at SRZ-10, Polyarnyy; 1982 - 1983 operational tour; 4.83 operational tour; 1984 operational tour - took part in the "Okean-84" exercise; 1985 operational tour; 8.12.89 began overhaul, but was decomissioned 19.4.90; from 6.91 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 2008-2009 reactor removed
K-463 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01685 - laid down 26.6.75 - launched 31.3.81 - completed 30.12.81; 25.7.77 re-classified as a BPL; 5.80 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; from 26.1.82 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; 1982 operational tour, but returned after 19 days, due to a leak in the first compartment; 4.83 took part in "Okean-83", together with "K-316", "K-493" and "K-432"; 1983 operational tour; 1983 - 1984 operational tour; 1984 operational tour; 1985 operational tour; 9.87 to 10.87 took part in a local exercise; decomissioned 19.4.90; from 6.91 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 28.8.94 towed to Severodvinsk - reactor removed, and scrapped
K-123 - Severodvinsk Yard - serial no. 105 - laid down 29.12.67 - launched 4.4.76 - completed 12.12.77; 25.7.77 re-classified as a BPL; Project 705K; from 17.2.78 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; from 1.8.78 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; 5.4 to 12.4.79 took part in the "Razbeg-79" exercise; 4.79 to 5.79 operational tour; 9.79 conducted an operational dive to 400m in the Norwegian Sea; 1979 operational tour; 25.1 to 16.3.80 operational tour; 4.81 took part in the "Sever-81" exercise, together with "K-432" and "K-373"; 1.9.81 to 13.10.81 in reserve; 15.3.82 began new operational tour - 5.4.82 suffered a leak in a steam generator - towed back to base - arrived 12.4.82; 16.4.82 relegated to the reserve; 8.82 towed to SRZ Zvezdochka, Severodvinsk for repairs - completed 26.11.89; 3.6.92 reclassified as a ABPL, and renamed B-123; from 28.7.92 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 1992 - 1995 took part in local training and exercises; decomissioned 31.7.96; from 7.2011 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 2007-2008 scrapped
K-432 - Severodvinsk Yard - serial no. 106 - laid down 12.11.68 - launched 3.11.77 - completed 31.12.78; 25.7.77 re-classified as a BPL; Project 705K; from 12.3.79 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; 2.6 to 19.7.80 operational tour in the Barents Sea, including 5 days under the Arctic ice; 4.81 took part in the "Sever-81" exercise with "K-123" and "K-373"; 1981 operational tour, and took part in the "Beton" exercise; 12.10.81 to 11.81 minor overhaul; 7.82 to 8.82 acoustic tests in the White Sea and the Barents Sea; 1982 operational tour; 1983 operational tour; 4.83 took part in the "Okean-83" exercise, with "K-316", "K-493" and "K-463"; 1985 - 1986 operational tour; 19.4.90 decomissioned; from 6.91 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 1991 to Gremikha, where the reactor was unloaded; 1996 scrapped in Severodvinsk
K-493 - Severodvinsk Yard - serial no. 107 - laid down 21.2.72 - launched 21.9.80 - completed 30.9.81; 25.7.77 re-classified as a BPL; Project 705K; from 23.11.81 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; 1982 operational tour; 12.82 to 1.83 minor overhaul in Severodvinsk; 1983 operational tour, and took part in the "Okean-83" exercise; 1984 operational tour; 1985 two operational tours; 1986 operational tour; 1989 removed from the active list; 19.4.90 decomissioned; from 6.91 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 21.11.95 towed to Severodvinsk, and scrapped in 1996