Victor III class

Project 671RTM

Victor III class

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Ships:

K-524 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01636 - laid down 7.5.76 - launched 31.7.77 - completed 28.12.77; 25.7.77 reclassifed as KrPL; 8.77 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; from 17.2.78 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 1980 operationl tour - 60 days under the pack ice - 24.8.80 breaks through the ice at the North Pole; from 1981 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; 1982 operational tour - including experiments involving punching holes in the pack ice with torpedoes (21.3 to 23.3.82); 11.10.82 named "60-let shefstva VLKSM"; 8.85 to 10.85 operational tour in the Arctic Ocean - 80 days, including 54 under the ice (150m) - penetrated the ASW screen of USS America; 3.87 to 5.87 took part in the "Atrina" exercise; 1987 to 18.4.96 repaired and modernised to Project 671RTMK at SRZ Nerpa; 15.2.92 renamed B-524; 3.6.92 reclassified as ABPL; 18.4.96 renamed Zapadnaya Litsa (unofficially); 1997 operational tour; 2001 renamed Zaozersk (unofficially); 2002 decomissioned; 2007/2008 reactor removed

K-254 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01638 - laid down 24.9.77 - launched 6.9.79 - completed 30.12.79; 25.7.77 reclassifed as KrPL; 10.79 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out and installation of the RK-55 (SS-N-21) missiles; from 12.1.80 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; RK-55 was installed in mid-1980; from 1981 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; RK-55 installation was completed mid-1981 (Project 671RTMK); 30.11.81 first RK-55 launch; from 5.82 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 1981 to 1984 several tests with the RK-55 missile; 23.8.83 several launches in the Barents Sea - the RK-55 was declared operational in 1984; from 1985 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 3.6.92 reclassified as ABPL, and renamed B-254; 20.7.93 began repairs and modernisation at SRZ-10 Polyarnyy; 30.5.98 decomissioned and repairs never completed due to lack of funding; 1999 to 2003 scrapped - the reactor was reportedly dumped in Bay Abrosimova, Novaya Zemlya

K-502 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01641 - laid down 23.7.79 - launched 17.8.80 - completed 31.12.80; 10.80 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; from 24.1.81 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; from 1981 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; 29.5 to 1.7.85 took part in Operation Aport to locate enemy SSBN patrol areas, and identify NATO ASW tactics; from 1985 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 10.8.88 to 19.3.92 converted to Project 671RTMK with RK-55 missiles; 3.6.92 reclassified as ABPL, and renamed B-502; from 1992 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 29.5.92 five crew injured due to a fire onboard the submarine; from 1994 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 1996 operational tour; 21.3.99 renamed Volgograd; 2000 decomissioned; 2002 towed to Guba Ura; 2005 to 2006 rectors removed

K-527 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01643 - laid down 28.9.78 - launched 24.7.81 - completed 30.12.81; 8.81 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; from 9.2.82 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; from 5.82 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 3.87 to 5.87 took part in Operation Atrina, in the Atlantic and the Sargasso Sea; 6.12.89 to 21.4.94 repair and modernisation at SRZ Nerpa; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-527; 26.1.98 an accident with the screw killes one crewmember; 1999 decomissioned; 2002 towed to Vidyaevo; 3.05 - 2006 reactors removed at Zvezdochka, Severodvinsk, and scrapped

K-298 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01645 - laid down 25.2.81 - launched 14.7.82 - completed 27.12.82; 7.82 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; from 7.8.83 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 3.87 to 5.87 took part in Operation Atrina, in the Atlantic and the Sargasso Sea - to locate enemy SSBN patrol areas, and identify NATO ASW tactics; 24.9.91 to 22.4.93 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-10, Polyarnyy; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-298; 30.5.98 decomissioned; 2000 towed to Vidyaevo; 2004 - 2006 reactors removed at Zvezdochka, Severodvinsk, and scrapped

K-358 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01647 - laid down 23.7.82 - launched 15.7.83 - completed 29.12.83; 7.83 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; from 18.1.84; attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 30.12.87 renamed Murmansk Komsomolets; 15.2.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-358; 29.7.94 to 1998 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-10, Polyarnyy; 30.5.98 decomissioned, due to lack of funding; 1999 to 2003 reactor removed and scrapped

K-299 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01649 - laid down 20.12.83 - launched 29.6.84 - completed 22.12.84; 7.84 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; from 15.1.85 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 29.5 to 1.7.85 took part in Operation Aport to locate enemy SSBN patrol areas, and identify NATO ASW tactics in the Newfoundland area; 3.87 to 5.87 took part in Operation Atrina, in the Atlantic and the Sargasso Sea - to locate enemy SSBN patrol areas, and identify NATO ASW tactics; 19.3.92 to 12.2.93 repairs and modernisation at SRZ Nerpa; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-299; 2000 decomissioned; 2005 to 2008 reactors removed at Zvezdochka, Severodvinsk, and scrapped

K-244 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01652 - laid down 25.12.84 - launched 9.7.85 - completed 25.12.85; 7.85 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; completed as Project 671RTMK; from 27.12.85 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 3.87 to 5.87 took part in Operation Atrina, in the Atlantic and the Sargasso Sea - to locate enemy SSBN patrol areas, and identify NATO ASW tactics; 1988 operational tour in the Arctic and the Northern Atlantic; 1990 operational tour in the Persian Gulf; 1991 operational tour in the Mediterranean; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-244; 1993 to 11.94 repairs and modernisation at SRZ Nerpa; 30.5.98 decomissioned; 2006 to 2007 reactors removed at Zvezdochka, Severodvinsk, and scrapped

K-292 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01655 - laid down 15.4.86 - launched 29.4.87 - completed 12.11.87; 5.87 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; completed as Project 671RTMK; from 30.12.87 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 1992 operational tour; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-292; from 1996 remained at pier, due to mechanical faults; from 7.2001 attached to the 7th Submarine Division; 28.7.02 renamed Perm; 2004 plans for repairs was cancelled; 2005 decomissioned; 2006 to 2008 reactors removed at Zvezdochka, Severodvinsk, and scrapped

K-388 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01657 - laid down 8.5.87 - launched 3.6.88 - completed 30.11.88; 6.88 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; completed as Project 671RTMK; from 25.12.88 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 1991 took part in a 74 day operational tour; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-388; 1993 operational tour; 18.12.95 to 27.11.96 repairs and modernisation at SRZ Nerpa; 11.96 took part in exercise with RKR "Marshal Ustinov"; BPK "Admiral Levchenko", "Admiral Kharlamov", MPK-14 and MPK-59; 1997 operational tour; 2.3.98 renamed Snezhnogorsk (unofficially); 7.2000 took part in parade at Severomorsk; from 7.2001 attached to the 7th Submarine Division; 22.2.05 renamed Petrozavodsk

K-138 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01659 - laid down 7.12.88 - launched 5.8.89 - completed 10.5.90; 8.89 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; completed as Project 671RTMK; from 28.2.91 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 5.6 to 22.6.91 took part in search operations in the Northeast Atlantic and the Norwegian Sea, together with "K-255"; 1991 operational tour in the Mediterranean; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-138; 1997 tactical exercise; 1998 took part in am exercise; 5.5.2000 renamed Obninsk; from 7.2001 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; from 2011 repairs and modernisation at SRZ Nerpa; total: 9 operational tours over 17 years

K-414 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01695 - laid down 1.12.88 - launched 31.8.90 - completed 30.12.90; 9.90 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; completed as Project 671RTMK; from 14.3.91 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-414; 1993 operational tour in the Arctic and Northern Atlantic; 7.94 escorted the submarine "K-18" to the North Pole; from 1.10.94 attached to the 7th Submarine Division; 8.95 to 9.95 operational tour; 18.9.96 renamed Svyatoy Daniil Moskovskiy; 6.06 fire onboard, while in the Barents Sea - 2 crewmembers died - excorted home by rescue ship "Mikhail Rudnitskiy" and two tugs; 2012 still in service

K-448 - Admiralty Yard, Leningrad - serial no. 01696 - laid down 31.1.91 - launched 17.10.91 - completed 24.9.92; 3.90 transferred to Severodvinsk, via inland rivers, for fitting out; completed as Project 671RTMK; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-448; from 26.10.92 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; 1993 operational tour; 1994-1995 operational tour; from 1.10.94 attached to the 7th Submarine Division; 25.3.95 renamed Tambov; 1996 operational tour - a crew member had to be taken onboard HMS Glasgow's Lynx helicopter, due to illness; 1997 operational tour; 22.6 to 26.6.99 took part in the Zapad-99 exercise; 20.8 to 26.8.99 escorts BPK "Admiral Chabanenko" from the Baltics to the Severomorsk; 25.2 to 5.5.2000 operational tour; 8.2001 to 10.2001 took part in a command staff exercise; 6.2003 took part in a command staff exercise; 27.7.2003 took part in naval day celebrations at Severomorsk; from 2011 under repairs at SRZ Nerpa

K-247 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 271 - laid down 15.7.76 - launched 13.8.78 - completed 30.12.78; 25.7.77 reclassified KrPL; from 24.1.79 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; from 1985 attached to the 26th Submarine Division; 28.4.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-247; 31.7.96 decomissioned (Chazhma Bay); 2009-2010 reactors removed at Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen, and scrapped

K-507 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 282 - laid down 2.11.77 - launched 1.10.78 - completed 30.11.79; 25.7.77 reclassified KrPL; from 12.1.80 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; from 1985 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 28.4.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-507; 30.5.98 decomissioned; 2010 reactors removed at Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen, and scrapped

K-492 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 303 - laid down 23.2.78 - launched 28.6.79 - completed 30.12.79; 25.7.77 reclassified KrPL; from 12.1.80 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; from 1985 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 28.4.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-492; 1980 to 1996 participated in 10 operational tours, including tracking and following US Ohio class SSBN's on their patrols; 31.7.96 decomissioned; 2010 reactors removed at SRZ-49, Seldevaya Bay, and scrapped

K-412 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 304 - laid down 29.10.78 - launched 6.9.79 - completed 30.12.79; 25.7.77 reclassified KrPL; from 12.1.80 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; 1080 to 1985 took part in five operational tours; from 1985 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 28.4.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-412; 14.1.92 began repairs at Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen, but work stopped due to lack of funding; decomissioned 31.7.96; 2004-2005 reactors removed at Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen, and scrapped

K-251 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 295 - laid down 29.7.79 - launched 3.5.80 - completed 30.9.80; from 24.10.80 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; from 1985 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 28.4.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-251; 30.5.98 decomissioned; 2010 reactors removed at SRZ-49, Seldevaya Bay, and scrapped

K-255 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 296 - laid down 7.11.79 - launched 20.7.80 - completed 28.12.80; from 24.1.81 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; 9.81 sailed from Vilyuchinsk to Zaozersk - during the trip surfaced at the North Pole; from 1.10.82 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; from 1982 attached to the 6th Submarine Division; from 1983 again attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 14.2.86 collided with TARKR "Kalinin"; 3.87 to 5.87 took part in Operation Atrina, in the Atlantic and the Sargasso Sea - to locate enemy SSBN patrol areas, and identify NATO ASW tactics; 9.6.88 to 25.4.91 repairs and modifications at SRZ Nerpa; 5.6 to 22.6.91 took part in search operations in the Northeast Atlantic and the Norwegian Sea, together with "K-138"; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-255; 1998 decomissioned; 2005 reactors removed at SRZ Nerpa, and scrapped

K-324 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 297 - laid down 23.2.80 - launched 7.9.80 - completed 30.12.80; from 24.1.81 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; 7.9 to 27.9.82 sailed from Vilyuchinsk to Zaozersk; from 3.12.82 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 10.83 to 11.83 operations in the Atlantic - observing the frigate USS "McCloy" while it tests a towed sonar, the cable is entangled in the submarine's screw, and K-324 is forced to the surface - the US destroyers USS "Peterson" and USS "Nicholson" tries to cut the cable by sailing over it, but unsucessfully - after 10 days the Soviet ship "Aldan" arrives, and tows the submarine to Cuba, where the cable is removed; from 10.85 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 29.5 to 1.7.85 took part in Operation Aport to locate enemy SSBN patrol areas, and identify NATO ASW tactics; 27.1.86 arrives at SRZ Nerpa, repairs and modernisation 8.4.87 to 28.9.90; 1990 operational tour; from 1992 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-324; 1995 operational tour; 2000 decomissioned; 2005 - 2006 reactors removed at SRZ Nerpa, and scrapped

K-305 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 308 - laid down 27.7.80 - launched 17.5.81 - completed 30.9.81; from 23.11.81 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; from 1985 attached to the 26th Submarine Division; 28.4.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-305; 8.94 fire onboard - minor damage; 7.96 took part in Naval Day parade at Vladivostok; 30.5.98 decomissioned; 2010 reactors removed at Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen, and scrapped

K-355 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 299 - laid down 31.12.80 - launched 8.8.81 - completed 29.12.81; from 9.2.82 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; 1982 to 1984 took part in several acoustic tests; from 1985 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 28.4.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-355; 30.5.98 decomissioned; 2009 to 2010 reactors removed at SRZ-49, Seldevaya Bay, and scrapped

K-360 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 300 - laid down 9.5.81 - launched 27.4.82 - completed 29.9.82; from 24.11.82 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; 1.4 to 2.6.83 operational tour in the Indian Ocean; 5.11.83 to 19.1.84 operational tour in the Pacific, including tracking a US Ohio class SSBN and recording it's noise signature; 5.8 to 20.10.84 operational tour in the Pacific - operated at the entrance to the Bangor Naval Base, and recorded the noise signature of US Ohio class SSBN's (including USS Michigan); 1985 operational tour; from 1985 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 28.4.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-360; 16.3.98 decomissioned; 2009 - 2010 reactors removed at Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen, and scrapped

K-218 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 301 - laid down 7.11.81 - launched 24.7.82 - completed 28.12.82; from 28.12.82 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; autumn 1983 sailed from Vilyuchinsk to Zaozersk - from 1.84 attached to the 33rd Submarine Division; 3.85 escorted submarine "K-129" tó the North Pole, where both submarines surfaced through the same hole in the ice; from 1985 attached to the 11th Submarine Division; 3.6.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-218; 11.92 to SRZ Nerpa, for repairs - begun 11.94; 30.5.98 decomissioned, due to lack of funding; 2000 reactors removed at SRZ Nerpa, and scrapped

K-242 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 302 - laid down 12.6.82 - launched 29.4.83 - completed 25.10.83; 23.6.82 named "50-let Komsomolsky-na-Amure"; from 15.12.83 attached to the 45th Submarine Division; mid-1985 operational tour; 5.12.86 to 23.2.87 operational tour; 21.10.87 to 10.1.88 operational tour; 20.6 to 8.9.88 operational tour; 2.6 to 21.8.89 operational tour; 23.4 to 20.6.90 operational tour; 12.90 to 9.92 repairs and modernisation at SRZ-49, Seldevaya Bay; 28.4.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-242; 20.11.92 to 18.1.93 operational tour; from 2.93 attached to the 10th Submarine Division; 23.3 to 4.6.94 operational tour; from 30.5.98 non-operational; 2012 still at non-operational at Vilyuchinsk

K-264 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 333 - laid down 29.7.83 - launched 8.6.84 - completed 26.10.84; from 7.12.84 attached to the 26th Submarine Division; 16.9.85 forced a US Los Angeles class SSN to the surface in the Japan Sea, after three hours of manoeuvring - the US submarine then heads home; 28.4.92 reclassified ABPL and renamed B-264; 2003 decomissioned; 2009 reactors removed at Zvezda, Bolshoy Kamen, and scrapped

K-315 - Komsomolsk-na-Amur - serial no. 334 - laid down 1982; cancelled 19.1.83