Charlie-class submarine

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Class overview
Name	Charlie class
Builders	Gorky
Operators	Soviet Navy  Indian Navy
Preceded by	Echo class Juliett class
Succeeded by	Oscar class Papa class
General characteristics
Type	Submarine
Displacement	Charlie I class: Surfaced: 4,000 tons Submerged: 4,900tons Charlie II class: Surfaced: 4,300 tons Submerged: 5,100 tons
Length	Charlie I class: 95 m (312 ft) Charlie II class: 103 m (338 ft)
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught	8 m (26 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	1 pressurized water-cooled reactor powering 2 steam turbines delivering 11,185 kW (14,999 shp) to 1 shaft
Speed	Surfaced: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) Submerged: 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	Unlimited except by food supplies
Complement	Charlie I class: 100 Charlie II class: 98
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) tubes all bow for a max load of 12 torpedoes. Charlie I: 8x P-70 Ametist anti-ship missiles Charlie II: 8x P-120 Malakhit anti-ship missiles 24 AMD-1000 ground mines.

The Project 670 Skat submarine (NATO classification Charlie class) was a nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine built for the Soviet Navy and later operated by the Russian Navy. All Charlie I/II-class submarines are decommissioned. One Charlie-class submarine was used for testing an Oniks missile.^[1][2] Charlie I and its successor Charlie II-class submarines are designed by the Lazurit Central Design Bureau of Gorky.