Don-class submarine tender

The Don-class submarine tender was the NATO reporting name for a group of submarine tenders built for the Soviet Navy in the late 1950s. The Soviet designation was Project 310 Batur.

Class overview
Name: Don class
Builders: Nikolayev Shipyard
Operators:
Succeeded by: Ugra class
Built: 1958–1961
In commission: 1961–1989?
Completed: 7
Retired: 7
General characteristics
Type: Submarine tender
Displacement:
  • 6,730 tons standard
  • 9,000 tons full load
Length: 140 m (460 ft)
Beam: 17.7 m (58 ft)
Draught: 6.4 m (21 ft)
Propulsion: 4 diesel engines, 8,000 hp (6,000 kW)
Speed: 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Range: 21,000 km (11,000 nmi; 13,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 300 to 450
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Radar: Hawk Screech, Slim Net
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 2 Watch dog ECM systems, Vee cone communication system
Armament:
  • 4 × 100 mm (4 in) guns
  • 4 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns,

Design

The class were designed to support Soviet submarines on distant operations. They had significant self-defence armament and contained numerous workshops.

Ships

Seven ships were built for the Soviet Navy and one ship was exported to Indonesia

The Soviet ships were mostly named after submarine commanders killed in World War II:

  • Dmitriy Galkin, named after Dmitriy Galkin
  • Fyodor Vidyaev, named after Fyodor Vidyayev
  • Kamchatskiy Komsomolets
  • Magomed Gadzhiev, named after Magomet Gadzhiyev
  • Magdanskiy Komsomolets
  • Viktor Kotelnikov named after Viktor Kotelnikov
Magomed Gadzhiev with frigate Bezzavetny and cruiser Zhdanov

See also

References
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