BCNS Endearing
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 BCNS Endearing
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| History | |
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| Name: | Endearing |
| Builder: | Sevmash |
| Laid down: | 23 May 1993 |
| Launched: | 16 March 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 22 December 1997 |
| Homeport: | Naval Base Hanaki |
| Status: | Ship in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Attack nuclear submarine |
| Type: | Project 971U Schuka-B ("Akula-II") |
| Displacement: | 8,140 tonnes surfaced, 12,770 tonnes submerged |
| Length: | 114.3 meters |
| Beam: | 13.6 meters |
| Draught: | 9.7 meters |
| Propulsion: | one 190MWt OK-650 V reactor |
| Speed: | 24 knots |
| Complement: | 73 officers and men |
Endearing one of several Akula-II class nuclear-powered attack submarines currently in service with the Blackhelm Confederate Navy. The Endearing was laid down on May 23, 1993 and launched on March 16, 1997. The Imperial Exponential Navy accepted delivery several months later, and the vessel was commissioned into the Imperial fleet three days before Christmas, 1997, and currently is a member of Submarine Squadron 5, based at Naval Base Hanaki.