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Submarine U-475 Black Widow

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and the designation U-475 were invented for the boat by the new owners. Soviet submarines were not generally named, the U- designation was not used by the Soviets, and none of the Foxtrots known carried the number -475.
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before being used as a training vessel for crews from overseas who would be operating Foxtrot-class subs in their own navies. It was decommissioned in 1993 and sold.
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designation also suggests a vessel in the Soviet Pacific Fleet; Baltic Fleet vessels carried numbers in the 200s. The name
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3 electric motors; 2 × 1,350 hp (1,010 kW) and 1 × 2,700 hp (2,000 kW)
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of conventionally powered patrol/attack submarines. Some 74 were built by the
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between 1957 and 1983 as well as 17 others for the Libyan, Cuban and
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The Soviet Project 641 class submarines (known to the West by their
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period, which is now in private hands. It is currently moored at
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380 nmi (700 km) at 2 kn (3.7 km/h) submerged
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After passing into private hands, and under the name U-475
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until November 1974 when it was reassigned to the Baltic.
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51°23′43.7″N 0°30′12.9″E / 51.395472°N 0.503583°E / 51.395472; 0.503583

River Medway
Rochester
Foxtrot-class
submarine
t
hp
kn
nmi
torpedo tubes
Soviet Navy
submarine
Cold War
Strood
River Medway
South-East England
NATO reporting name
Foxtrot
class
Soviet Navy
Indian
Leningrad
Riga
Baltic Fleet

Thames Barrier
museum ship
Folkestone

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