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CHAKRA cruise missile nuclear powered submarine (1970/1988)


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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



Standard scale images


<i>Chakra </i>1995
Chakra 1995


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<i>Chakra </i>1988
Chakra 1988


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.