BCNS Bliss

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BCNS Bliss
History
Name: Bliss
Builder: Sevmash
Laid down: 14 October 1992
Launched: 8 September 1996
Commissioned: 17 Jaunuary 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

Bliss is an 8,140 ton Akula-II class nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Blackhelm Confederate Navy. Following on a long tradition of arms deals between the Soviet Union and the Empire of Exponent, Bliss was laid down on October 14, 1992, amidst the turmoil of the dissolution of the USSR. Despite this, Bliss was launched on September 8, 1996, and was commissioned into the Confederate Navy on January 17, 1997.