Russian submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (K-211)

History
Soviet Union, Russia
Name	K-211 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
Namesake	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
Builder	Sevmash, Severodvinsk
Laid down	19 August 1976
Launched	13 January 1979
Commissioned	28 September 1979
Decommissioned	19 November 2010
Status	Awaiting disposal
General characteristics
Class and type	Delta III-class submarine
Displacement	Surfaced: 13,500 tons Submerged: 18,200 tons
Length	166 m (544 ft 7 in)
Beam	12.3 m (40 ft 4 in)
Draught	8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Two pressurized water-cooled reactors powering two steam turbines delivering 44,700 kW (59,900 hp)
Speed	Surfaced: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) Submerged: 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement	135
Armament	16 × R-29R (SS-N-18) missiles 4 × 533 mm (21 in) bow torpedo tubes

K-211 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy is a Project 667BDR Kalmar class (NATO reporting name: Delta III) Russian nuclear ballistic missile submarine. The submarine was built by Sevmash, Severodvinsk in the late 1970s and joined the Soviet fleet in 1980. The submarine continued to serve in the Russian Navy as part of the Pacific Fleet after the collapse of the Soviet Union. She was decommissioned in 2010 and is currently laid up, awaiting disposal. Her role and those of the other boats of her class is being taken by the new Borei-class submarines.

On 28 July 2017 the name Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy was assigned to the Kilo-class submarine B-274, under construction as of 2019. From 2017 to 2018 Rosatom undertook the removal of nuclear waste and components, with removal of the reactors complete by December 2018. As of 2019 K-211 is laid up at the Zvezda shipyard at Bolshoy Kamen awaiting disposal.

Service

Collision with a British submarine

On 23 May 1981 she collided with the British submarine HMS Sceptre.

References

• "K211 "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky" 667BDR Project" (in Russian). Retrieved 13 March 2019.