Russian submarine Orel
K-266 arriving to base after repair | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| → Soviet Union → Russia | |
| Name | Orel |
| Namesake | City of Orel |
| Builder | Sevmash (Shipyard 402), Severodvinsk |
| Laid down | 19 January 1989 |
| Launched | 22 May 1992 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1992 |
| Home port | Bolshaya Lopatka, Zaozyorsk |
| Status | active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Oscar II Modernized-class submarine |
| Displacement | 13,400 t, 16,400 t |
| Length | 154.0 m (505 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 18.2 m (59 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 9.0 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 nuclear reactors OK-650V (HEU <= 45%), 2 steam turbines, 2/7-bladed propellers |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) submerged, 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) surfaced |
| Test depth | 300 to 1,000 m (980 to 3,280 ft) (by various estimates) |
| Complement | 44 officers, 68 enlisted |
| Armament | since 2017 72 × P-800 (formerly 24 × P-700), 4 × 533 mm and 2 × 650 mm bow torpedo tubes |
K-266 Orel is a Project 949AM (Antey modernized) nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine (SSGN) (NATO codename Oscar II). She is one of three Oscar II submarines still serving in the Russian Northern Fleet, all assigned to the 11th Submarine Division, berthed at Guba Bolshaya Lopatka (part of Zapadnaya Litsa, also known as Zaozersk), on the Kola Peninsula northwest of Severomorsk.