The Quebec class was the NATO reporting name of a class of diesel-electric
patrol submarines that were built in the Soviet Union. The Soviet designation
of this class was Project A615. Quebec-class submarines were fitted with
two regular diesel engines and a third, closed-cycle diesel engine, which used
liquid oxygen to provide air-independent propulsion while the submarine was submerged. The
Quebec class had a streamlined conning tower with a fixed snorkel housing at the
rear end. They were armed with four torpedo tubes in the bow, for which no reloads
were carried, and earlier boats also had a twin 25 mm anti-aircraft gun faired
into the forward end of the tower, making them some of the last submarines to
be constructed with deck guns. The Quebec-class was plagued with problems
caused by liquid oxygen evaporation. Their endurance was limited to 10 days due
to continuous evaporation of the oxygen and lack of a re-liquefaction system,
and the propulsion system led to several serious incidents. In 1957 two submarines
were lost due to accidents caused by the oxygen system. M-256 suffered a fire
off Tallinn in the Baltic, which led to the loss of 35 men, while M-351 sank in
the Black Sea with no casualties. Other incidents caused oxygen-fueled flames
to burst out from the boats, which led to their crews to nickname them zazhigalka
("cigarette lighter"). Submarine M-298 laid down 02 August 1955
at the Shipyard No.196, Leningrad (yard No.704), launched 30 June 1956, commissioned
31 August 1957 and was assigned to the Black Sea Fleet. Submarine M-298
was decommissioned and excluded from the lists of the Black Sea Fleet in 1975
and scrapped. Specifications |
Displacement (tons): | Surfaced: | 406 |
Submerged: | 499 |
Dimensions (m): | Length: | 56,76 |
Beam: | 4,46 |
Draught: | 3,59 |
Speed (knots): | Surfaced: | 16,1 |
Submerged: | 15 |
Range: | Surfaced: | 3150
nmi (8,3 knots) | Under snorkel: | 2500
nmi (8 knots) | Submerged: | 410
nmi (3,5 knots), 56 nmi (15 knots) | Diving
depth (m): | Operational: | 100 |
Maximum: | 120 |
Endurance (days): | 10 |
Propulsion: | 1x900 hp 32D
diesel, 2x700 hp M-50P diesels, 1x100 hp PG-106 electric motor, 3 fixed pitch
propellers | Armament: | 4
533 mm bow torpedo tubes (4 K-45 torpedoes) - Tryum fire control system |
Electronics: | Flag surface
radar, RPN-47-03 radar, Tamir-5L sonar, Mars-16KIG noise detection sonar, GS-571
Anadyr sonar | Complement: | 41
(10 officers) |
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