Quebec-class submarine

M-296 in Odessa
Class overview
Operators Soviet Navy
Preceded byM class
Built1952-1957
In commission1952-1970s
Planned100
Completed30
Preserved2
General characteristics
Displacement
  • 460 tons surfaced,
  • 540 tons submerged
Length56.0 m (183 ft 9 in)
Beam5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Draft3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • closed cycle system: 2 × 700 hp (520 kW) conventional diesel engines,
  • 1 × 900 hp (670 kW) AIP (liquid oxygen) diesel engine,
  • 1 × electric sneak motor; three shafts
Speed
  • 18 knots (33 km/h) surfaced,
  • 16 knots (30 km/h) submerged
Range2,750 nautical miles (5,090 km) at cruising speed on surface
Complement30 officers and men
Armament
  • 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes in bow,
  • 4 × K-45 anti-submarine/anti-ship torpedoes

The Quebec-class submarine was the NATO reporting name of the Soviet Project 615 submarine class, a small coastal submarine of the late 1950s.

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