Romeo-class submarine
Romeo-class submarine | |
| Class overview | |
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| Preceded by | Whiskey-class submarine |
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| Completed | 133 |
| Retired | 109 |
| Preserved | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 76.6 m (251 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 6.7 m (22 ft) |
| Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion | Two diesels delivering 2.94 MW (4000 shp) with two electric motors driving two shafts. |
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| Range | 14,484km (9,000 miles) at 9 knots (17 km/h) |
| Complement | 54 men (10 officers) |
| Sensors & processing systems | sonar and radar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | MRP 11-14 |
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The Project 633 class (known in the West by its NATO reporting name as the Romeo class) is a class of Soviet diesel-electric submarine, built between 1957 and 1961. A Chinese variant, Type 033, was built in China from 1962 to 1984.