Zulu-class submarine
Zulu-class submarine in Amsterdam | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Zulu |
| Operators | Soviet Navy |
| Preceded by | K class |
| Succeeded by | |
| In commission | 1952 |
| Planned | 26 |
| Completed | 26 |
| Retired | 26 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | attack submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 90 m (295 ft) |
| Beam | 7.5 m |
| Draught | 5.14 m |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Test depth | 200 m (656 ft) |
| Complement | 70 officers and men |
| Armament |
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The Soviet Navy's Project 611 (NATO reporting name: Zulu class) were one of the first Soviet post-Second-World-War attack submarines. They were similarly capable to the American GUPPY fleet-boat conversions. They were a contemporary of the Whiskey-class submarines and shared a similar sonar arrangement. Like most conventional submarines designed 1946–1960, their design was influenced by the German World War II Type XXI submarine.