BCNS Endearing

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BCNS Endearing
History
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

BCNS 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.