Kilo-class submarine
The Kilo class, Soviet designation Project 877 Paltus (Russian: Па́лтус, meaning "halibut"), NATO reporting name Kilo, is a class of diesel-electric attack submarines designed and built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. The class was built until the mid-1990s, when production was switched to the more advanced Project 636 Varshavyanka (Russian: Варшавянка, meaning "Varsovian (inhabitant of Warsaw; feminine)") variant, also known as Improved Kilo class in the West.
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Class overview | |
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Builders | |
Operators | See Operators |
Preceded by | Tango class |
Succeeded by | Lada class |
Subclasses | Sindhughosh class |
Built | 1980–present |
In service | 1980–present |
In commission | December 1980–present |
Planned | 80 |
Building | 3 |
Completed | 73 |
Active | 63 |
Retired | 2 |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Attack submarine |
Displacement |
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Length | 70.0–73.8 m (229 ft 8 in – 242 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Installed power | Diesel-electric |
Propulsion |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Endurance | 45 days |
Test depth |
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Complement | 52 |
Armament |
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Role
These attack submarines are mainly intended for anti-shipping and anti-submarine operations in relatively shallow waters. Original Project 877 boats are equipped with Rubikon MGK-400 sonar system (with NATO reporting name Shark Gill), which includes a mine detection and avoidance sonar MG-519 Arfa (with NATO reporting name Mouse Roar).
Newer Project 636 boats are equipped with improved MGK-400EM, with MG-519 Arfa also upgraded to MG-519EM. MGK 400E can detect submarines with 0.05 Pa/Hz noisiness in 16 km and surface vessels with 10 Pa/Hz noisiness in 100 km.[3] The improved sonar systems have reduced the number of operators needed by sharing the same console via automation.
Anechoic tiles are fitted on casings and fins to absorb the sound waves of active sonar, which results in a reduction and distortion of the return signal.[4] These tiles also help attenuate sounds that are emitted from the submarine, thus reducing the range at which the submarine may be detected by passive sonar.[5]
Future
The Kilo class was planned to have been succeeded by the Lada class. However, by November 2011 it was apparent that the Lada-class would be delayed because Sankt Peterburg (B-585), the lead boat of the class, had shown major deficiencies. On 27 July 2012, the Russian Navy commander-in-chief announced that construction of the Lada-class submarines would resume, having undergone design changes.[6] Series production was reported to be underway in the latter 2010s.[7]
Nevertheless, the Russian Navy also moved forward in the late 2010s, with the construction of Project 636.3, an improved version of the Kilo class. By November 2019, six units had been built for the Black Sea Fleet and further boats were planned for the Pacific and Baltic Fleets.[8]
Operators
The first submarine entered service in the Soviet Navy in 1980, and the class remains in use with the Russian Navy today; 14 original Kilo-class vessels believed to still be in active service with the Russian Navy, while eight Improved Kilo-class subs had been delivered as of 2021. About forty vessels have been exported to several countries:
Algeria: 2 original Kilo (Project 877), 4 Improved Kilo (Project 636).[11][12][13][14][15][16]
People's Republic of China: 2 original Kilo (Project 877), 10 Improved Kilo (Project 636).[17][19]
India: 10 original Kilo (Project 877), 1 sustained major casualty;[20][21] – Designated as the Sindhughosh class
Myanmar: one boat transferred from Indian Navy by March 2020.[22][23]
Poland: 1 original Kilo (Project 877) – ORP Orzeł.[24]
Iran: 3 original Kilo (Project 877).
Romania: 1 original Kilo (Project 877) – Romanian submarine Delfinul.
Russia: 11-12 original Kilo (Project 877), 9 Improved Kilo (Project 636.3)[25] and 3 additional Improved Kilo on order (636.3) for Pacific Fleet to be delivered 2022–2024.[27] One further Improved Kilo ordered in August 2020, during the International Military-Technical Forum "ARMY-2020".[28][29]
Vietnam: 6 Improved Kilo (Project 636).[30][31][32] Includes Hồ Chí Minh City, Hà Nội, Hải Phòng, Đà Nẵng, Khánh Hoà, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu.
Possible purchasers
- The government of Venezuela expressed interest in buying three Project 636 Kilo-class submarines[33] In 2019, a source reported the purported usage of a submarine of this class to insert Russian soldiers into Venezuela to protect the Venezuelan regime.[34]
- The Philippine Navy has shown its interest on the Kilo-class submarine as part of its modernization program. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that the country is now evaluating the Russian offer.[35]
Failed bids
- The Indonesian Navy was interested in purchasing two Kilo-class submarines. But in 2014 the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy Laksamana Marsetio after a visit to Russia with the team from the Indonesian Navy to inspect the said submarines decided to cancel the plans. He said "The submarines look good on the outside, but the inside is filled with broken equipment, and the two submarines have been in storage for two years." Indonesia chose to buy six Improved Jang Bogo-class submarines later known as Nagapasa-class submarine instead including a transfer of technology, where Indonesia will eventually build four of six of the submarines with South Korea.[36]
Specifications

There are several variants of the Kilo class. The information below is the smallest and largest number from the available information for all three variants of the ship.[20]
- Displacement:
- 2,300–2,350 tons surfaced
- 3,000–4,000 tons submerged
- Dimensions:
- Length: 70–74 meters
- Beam: 9.9 meters
- Draft: 6.2–6.5 meters
- Maximum speed
- 10–12 knots surfaced (18–22 km/h)
- 17–25 knots submerged (31–46 km/h)
- Propulsion: Diesel-electric 5,900 shp (4,400 kW)
- Maximum depth: 300 meters (240–250 meters operational)
- Endurance
- 400 nautical miles (700 km) at 3 knots (6 km/h) submerged
- 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 7 knots (13 km/h) snorkeling (7,500 miles for the Improved Kilo class)
- 45 days sea endurance
- Armament
- Air defence: 8 Strela-3 or 8 Igla-1, but after sea trial it has been rejected by the navy.
- Six 533 mm torpedo tubes with 18 53-65 ASuW or TEST 71/76 ASW torpedoes or VA-111 Shkval supercavitating torpedoes, or 24 DM-1 mines,
- Kalibr-PL (export name Club-S) system comprising four launchers for individual anti-ship, anti-submarine and land attack cruise missiles
- Crew: 52
- Price per unit is US$200–250 million (China paid approx. US$1.5-2 billion for 8 Project 636 Kilo-class submarines)
Gallery
- Russian Kilo-class submarines in Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast
- An Algerian Kilo-class submarine
- A Chinese Kilo-class submarine being delivered from Russia as deck cargo in 1995.
- ORP Orzeł, the control room of an 877E-class submarine
- The Iranian Kilo-class submarine Yunes, during delivery in 1995.
- Indian Kilo-class submarine, INS Sindhughosh
- Diesel submarine Kilo-class Kaluga returns from a long voyage
Project 877 units
Operator | # | Name | Shipyard | Project | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | Status |
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B-248 | x | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 16 March 1980 | 12 September 1980 | 31 December 1980 | decommissioned 2001 | |
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B-260 | Chita | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 22 February 1981 | 23 August 1981 | 30 December 1981 | PF | decommissioned 2013, sank partially on way to scrap in 2019 |
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B-227 | Vyborg | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 23 February 1982 | 16 September 1982 | 23 February 1983 | BF | decommissioned 2018 (exhibit patriot park Kronstadt) |
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B-229 | x | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 23 February 1983 | 15 July 1983 | 30 October 1983 | decommissioned 2002 | |
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B-404 | x | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 7 May 1983 | 24 September 1983 | 30 December 1983 | decommissioned 2002 | |
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B-401 | Novosibirsk | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877 | 6 October 1982 | 15 March 1984 | 30 September 1984 | NF | decommissioned 2012 |
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B-402 | Vologda | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877 | 24 August 1983 | 29 September 1984 | 30 December 1984 | NF | decommissioned 2016 |
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B-405 | (ex Tyumenskiy Komsomolets) | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 20 April 1984 | 21 September 1984 | 30 December 1984 | decommissioned 2002 | |
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291 (ex-B-351) | Orzeł | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877E | 29 September 1984 | 7 June 1985 | 29 April 1986 | active as of 2010 | |
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581 (ex-B-801) | Delfinul | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877E | 1984 | 1985 | August 1985 | unknown (in reserve from 1995) | |
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S55 | Sindhughosh | Saint Petersburg | 877EKM | 29 May 1983 | 29 July 1985 | 25 November 1985 | active as of 2010, modernized to project 08773 in 2002–2005 | |
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B-470 | x | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 6 May 1985 | 27 August 1985 | 30 December 1985 | decommissioned 2005 | |
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B-806 | Dmitrov | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877EKM | 15 October 1984 | 30 April 1986 | 25 September 1986 | BF | active as of 2018[37] |
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S56 | Sindhudhvaj | Saint Petersburg | 877EKM | 1 April 1986 | 27 July 1986 | 25 November 1986 | active as of 2010 | |
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012 | Rais Hadj Mubarek | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877EKM | 1985 | 1986 | 29 November 1986 | Upgraded in 2010, able to launch Klub missiles | |
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B-439 | x | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 4 April 1986 | 31 July 1986 | 30 December 1986 | decommissioned 2005 | |
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S57 | Sindhuraj | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877EKM | 1986 | 1987 | 2 September 1987 | active as of 2010, modernized to project 08773 in 1999–2001 | |
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013 | El Hadj Slimane | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877EKM | 1986 | 1987 | 25 November 1987 | Upgraded in 2011, able to launch Klub missiles | |
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71 | UMS Minye Theinkhathu, (ex-Sindhuvir) | Saint Petersburg | 877EKM | 15 May 1987 | 13 September 1987 | 25 December 1987 | modernized to project 08773 in 1997–1999, transferred to Myanmar Navy in 2020 | |
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B-445 | Svyatoi Nikolai Chudotvorets | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 21 March 1987 | 26 September 1987 | 30 January 1988 | PF | May have decommissioned 2020;[38] listed as still in service by one source[39] |
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S59 | Sindhuratna | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877EKM | 1987 | 1988 | 14 August 1988 | active as of 2010, modernized to project 08773 in 2001–2003 | |
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S60 | Sindhukesari | Saint Petersburg | 877EKM | 20 April 1988 | 16 August 1988 | 29 October 1988 | active as of 2010, modernized to project 08773 in 1999–2001 | |
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B-808 | Yaroslavl | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877 | 29 September 1986 | 30 July 1988 | 27 December 1988 | NF | decommissioned 2022 |
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B-394 | Nurlat | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 15 April 1988 | 3 September 1988 | 30 December 1988 | PF | active 2018 |
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B-800 | Kaluga (ex-Vologodskij komsomolets) | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877LPMB | 5 March 1987 | 7 May 1989 | 30 September 1989 | NF | refitted in 2009–2012, active 2022 |
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S61 | Sindhukirti | Saint Petersburg | 877EKM | 5 April 1989 | 26 August 1989 | 30 October 1989 | active, modernized to project 08773 | |
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B-464 | Ust'-Kamchatsk | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 26 May 1989 | 23 September 1989 | 30 January 1990 | PF | active 2018 |
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B-459 | Vladikavkaz | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877 | 25 February 1988 | 29 April 1990 | 30 September 1990 | NF | refitted in 2011–2015, active, entered Baltic Sea 3 July 2018 to take part in Main Naval Parade in St Petersburg on 29 July. |
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S62 | Sindhuvijay | Saint Petersburg | 877EKM | 6 April 1990 | 27 July 1990 | 27 October 1990 | active as of 2010, modernized to project 08773 in 2005–2007 | |
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B-871 | Alrosa | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877V | 17 May 1988 | September 1989 | 30 December 1990 | BSF | under repair 2019 |
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B-471 | Magnitogorsk | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877 | 26 October 1988 | 22 September 1990 | 30 December 1990 | NF | active 2018 |
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B-494 | Ust'-Bolsheretsk | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 5 May 1990 | 4 October 1990 | 30 December 1990 | PF | active 2018 |
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901 | Taregh | Saint Petersburg | 877EKM | 5 April 1991 | 25 September 1991 | 25 December 1991 | active as of 2012[41] Upgraded in Iran shipyard[42] | |
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B-187 | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 7 May 1991 | 5 October 1991 | 30 December 1991 | PF | active 2018[43] |
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B-177 | Lipetsk | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877 | 3 November 1989 | 27 July 1991 | 30 December 1991 | NF | active 2018 |
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B-190 | Krasnokamensk | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 8 May 1992 | 25 September 1992 | 30 December 1992 | PF | active 2018 |
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902 | Noah | Saint Petersburg | 877EKM | 30 April 1992 | 16 October 1992 | 31 December 1992 | unknown (probably in modernization in Iranian shipyard) | |
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B-345 | Mogocha | Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 877 | 22 April 1993 | 6 October 1993 | 22 January 1994 | Decommissioned 29 May 2021[38] | |
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364 | Yuan Zheng 64 Hao | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877EKM | ??? | 1994 | 10 November 1994 | Decommissioned 2021 | |
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365 | Yuan Zheng 65 Hao | Nizhniy Novgorod | 877EKM | ??? | 1995 | 14 August 1995 | Decommissioned 2021 | |
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903 | Yunes | Saint Petersburg | 877EKM | 5 February 1992 | 12 July 1994 | 2 September 1996 | active as 2011[44] (probably in modernization in Iranian shipyard) | |
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S63 | Sindhurakshak | Saint Petersburg | 877EKM | 16 February 1995 | 26 June 1997 | 2 October 1997 | On 29 January 2013, the Sindhurakshak began shipment to India from Severodvinsk, Russia after repairs. On 14 August 2013, there was an explosion and fire on the Sindhurakshak suspected to have occurred from the munitions onboard - killing 3 officers and 15 sailors at the Indian Navy's Dockyard at Mumbai Port. The submarine is reported to have been completely destroyed.[45] | |
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S65 | Sindhurashtra | Saint Petersburg | 877EKM | 12 December 1998 | 14 October 1999 | 16 May 2000 | active as of 2010 |
Project 636 units
Operator | # | Name | Shipyard | Project | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | Status |
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366 | Yuan Zheng 66 Hao | Saint Petersburg | 636 | 16 July 1996 | 26 April 1997 | 26 August 1997 | active as of 2006 | |
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367 | Yuan Zheng 67 Hao | Saint Petersburg | 636 | 28 August 1997 | 18 June 1998 | 25 October 1998 | active as of 2006 | |
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368 | Yuan Zheng 68 Hao | Saint Petersburg | 636M | 18 October 2002 | 27 May 2004 | 20 October 2004 | active as of 2006 | |
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369 | Yuan Zheng 69 Hao | Saint Petersburg | 636M | 18 October 2002 | 19 August 2004 | 2005 | active as of 2006 | |
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370 | Yuan Zheng 70 Hao | Saint Petersburg | 636M | 2004 | May 2005 | 2005 | active as of 2006 | |
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371 | Yuan Zheng 71 Hao | Saint Petersburg | 636M | 2004 | 2005 | 2005 | active as of 2006 | |
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372 | Yuan Zheng 72 Hao | Saint Petersburg | 636M | 2005 | 2005 | 2006 | active as of 2006 | |
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373 | Yuan Zheng 73 Hao | Nizhniy Novgorod | 636M | July 1992 | 8 May 2004 | 5 August 2005 | active as of 2007 | |
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374 | Yuan Zheng 74 Hao | Severodvinsk | 636M | 29 May 2003 | 21 May 2005 | 30 December 2005 | active as of 2006 | |
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375 | Yuan Zheng 75 Hao | Severodvinsk | 636M | 29 May 2003 | 14 July 2005 | 30 December 2005 | active as of 2006 | |
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021 | Messali el Hadj | Saint Petersburg | 636M | 2006 | 20 November 2008 | 28 August 2009 | active | |
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022 | Akram Pacha | Saint Petersburg | 636M | 2007 | 9 April 2009 | 29 October 2009 | active | |
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182 | Hà Nội | Saint Petersburg | 636.1 | 25 August 2010 | 28 August 2012[46] | 3 April 2014 | active[47][48] | |
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183 | Hồ Chí Minh City | Saint Petersburg | 636.1 | 28 September 2011 | 28 December 2012 | 3 April 2014 | active[49][50] | |
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184 | Hải Phòng | Saint Petersburg | 636.1 | August 2013[51] | 1 August 2015 | active[52] | ||
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185 | Khánh Hoà | Saint Petersburg | 636.1 | 2013 | 28 March 2014[53] | 1 August 2015 | active[54] | |
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186 | Đà Nẵng | Saint Petersburg | 636.1 | 28 December 2014 | 28 February 2017 | active[55] | ||
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187 | Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu | Saint Petersburg | 636.1 | 28 May 2014[56] | 28 September 2015 | 28 February 2017 | active[57] | |
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031 | El Ouarsenis | Saint Petersburg | 636.1 | 2015 | 14 March 2017 | 9 January 2019 | active[58] | |
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032 | El Hoggar | Saint Petersburg | 636.1 | 18 June 2018 | 9 January 2019 | active[58] | ||
Project 636.3 units
Italics indicate estimates
Operator | # | Name | Shipyard | Project | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Fleet | Status |
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B-261 | Novorossiysk | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 20 August 2010[59] | 28 November 2013[60] | 22 August 2014[61][62] | BSF | active |
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B-237 | Rostov-on-Don | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 21 November 2011[63] | 26 June 2014[64] | 30 December 2014 | BSF | active[65] |
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B-262 | Stary Oskol[66] | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 17 August 2012[67] | 28 August 2014[68] | 25 June 2015 | BSF | active |
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B-265 | Krasnodar | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 20 February 2014[69] | 25 April 2015[70] | 5 November 2015 | BSF | active |
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B-268 | Velikiy Novgorod | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 30 October 2014[71] | 18 March 2016[72] | 25 October 2016[73] | BSF | active |
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B-271 | Kolpino | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 30 October 2014[71] | 31 May 2016[74] | 24 November 2016 | BSF | active |
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B-274 | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 28 July 2017[75] | 28 March 2019[76] | 25 November 2019[77] | PF | active |
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B-603 | Volkhov | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 28 July 2017[75] | 26 December 2019[78] | 24 October 2020[79] | PF | active; carried out land-attack cruise missile tests in January 2022[80] |
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B-602 | Magadan | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 1 November 2019[81] | 26 March 2021[82] | 12 October 2021[83][84][85][87][88] | PF | Active; deployed in the Baltic as of late 2021[85][89][90] |
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B-588? | Ufa | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 1 November 2019[81] | 31 March 2022[91] | 2022[87] | PF | Fitting out |
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B-??? | Mozhaysk | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 23 August 2021[93][94] | 2023[95] | PF | under construction | |
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B-??? | Yakutsk | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 23 August 2021[93][94] | 2024[96][97][87] | PF | under construction[98] | |
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B-??? | Petrozavodsk | Saint Petersburg | 636.3 | 2022 | 2025 | BF | ordered,[99][100] improved design[101] | |
See also
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