Russian submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (K-211)

History
Soviet Union, Russia
Name	K-211 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
Namesake	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
Laid down	1977
Launched	January 1979
Commissioned	1980
Status	Active by 2009
General characteristics
Displacement	Surfaced: 13,500 tons Submerged: 18,200 tons
Length	166 m (544 ft 7 in)
Beam	12.3 m (39 ft 6 in)
Draught	8.8 m (29 ft)
Propulsion	Two pressurized water-cooled reactors powering two steam turbines delivering 44,700 kW (60,000 shp).
Speed	Surfaced: 14 knots Submerged: 24 knots
Range	Essentially unlimited
Complement	135
Armament	16 R-29R (SS-N-18) missiles and 4 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes in the bow.

K-211 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy is a Project 667BDR Kalmar class (NATO reporting name: "Delta III") Russian nuclear ballistic missile submarine. The submarine was built by the Russian shipyard Sevmash in the late 1970s and joined the Soviet fleet in 1980. The submarine continued to serve in the Russian navy after the collapse of the Soviet Union and, as of 2009, is active in the Russian Pacific fleet.

The submarine is slated to be retired and replaced by the Borei class submarine in the next coming years.

Service

Collision with a British submarine

On 23 May 1981 she collided with a British submarine HMS Sceptre.