- Source: Beluga-class submarine
Project 1710 Makrel (Russian: 1710 «Макрель»; NATO reporting name "Beluga") was a Russian SSA diesel-electric submarine. It was an experimental vessel used for testing propulsion systems, hull forms, and boundary-layer control techniques.
Development was undertaken by the Malakhit Design Bureau with construction at the Admiralty shipyard in St. Petersburg.
The lone Beluga-class submarine in operation was S-553 Forel. Launched in 1986 and moth-balled around 1998, the last operation of the vessel is thought to have taken place in 1997. As of the mid-2000s, the entire project is believed to have been discontinued.
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Federation of American Scientists: Project 1710 Mackerel Beluga class
World Navies Today: Russian Submarines
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- Beluga-class submarine
- Beluga
- List of Soviet and Russian submarine classes
- Beluga whale
- List of NATO reporting names for submarines
- Soviet Navy
- Som-class submarine
- List of ships of the Soviet Navy
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- HDMS Esbern Snare (F342)
