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Chakra 1988

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
चक्र [Chakra] (ex-УТС-550 [UTS-550], ex-K-43)	S71	701	Krasnoe Sormovo, Gorkiy, USSR	9.5.1964	2.8.1966	6.11.1967 // 5.1.1988	to Russia 3.1991 (K-43)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	3574 / 4430
Length, m	95.6
Breadth, m	9.60
Draught, m	7.81
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 OK-350 steam generation unit (1 VM-4-1 nuclear reactor), 1 GTZA-631 geared steam turbines unit
Power, h. p.	18800
Max speed, kts	12 / 26
Fuel, t	nuclear
Endurance, nm(kts)	practically unlimited
Armament	8 x 1 P-40 Ametist SSM (8 4K66), 4 - 533 TT (bow, 14), 2 - 400 TT (bow, 4)
Electronic equipment	RLK-101 Albatros or MRK-50 radar, MGK-400 Rubikon, MG-519 Arfa, MG-17 sonars, Zaliv-P ECM suite, Brest CCS
Complement	86
Diving depth operational, m	240

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Project history

Soviet project 670 submarine, modernized before transfer under project 06709. K-43 was officially reclassified as training hulk UTS-550 30.8.1984 for training of Indian crew and was stricken from Soviet fleet list 27.12.1984. Four years she was used for training, Indian flag was raised only 5.1.1988. 1.3.1991 she was returned to Soviet Navy in good condition and commissioned again.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

1.3.1991 Chakra was returned to Soviet Navy in good condition and commissioned again.