Zulu V
B.67
1958
(Quadrant Q-227)
- Class: Zulu - Project 611 - 26 attack submarines of 1952
- Displacement: 1,875 surfaced / 2,387 submerged tons
- Dimensions: 295 x 24.5 x 17 ft.
- Machinery: 3 diesel engines (6,000 hp) + 3 electric motors (5400 hp); 2 screws = 18 surfaced / 16 submerged knots
- Torpedo tubes: 6-21in (forward); 4-21in (aft)
- Complement: 70
- Builder: Severodvinsk
- Laid Down: 1952
- Launched: 1953
- Completed: 1954
- Notes: The Soviet Navy's Project 611 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.
The class received the NATO reporting names Zulu I through Zulu V, the last referring to six of the class which were converted to missile-firing boats, including one prototype armed with a single R-11FM Scud and five others with two Scuds each. The missiles were too long to be contained in the boat's hull, and extended into the enlarged sail. To be fired, the submarine had to surface and raise the missile out of the sail.
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