Submarines: OscarII Class

[Brian James]

Modernized Oscar II Class Nuclear Powered,Cruise Missile Submarine RFS Orel pictured on July 9th 2020...She seems to be missing a few tiles on her conning tower?

[designeraccd]

View of a SSM reload on a OSCAR...............DFO

[designeraccd]

Now the OREL is returning "home"....... IIRC she suffered a fire while undergoing a refit in 2015 (?). It certainly looks like she is far better off than the U$N's BHR.

"The nuclear-powered cruise-missile carrier Orel is returning home to the Kola Peninsula after it participated in the Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg in late July.

The 155-meters long submarine crossed Skagerrak on Saturday after sailing through Danish waters, passing under the Storebelt Bridge.

Orel (K-266) will likely use some 4 to 5 days en route north to her home base in Zapadnaya Litsa on the Russian Barents Sea coast northwest of Murmansk.

The 28-years old submarine, which is one of three remaining Oscar-II class submarines with the Northern Fleet, sails in surface position and is followed by at least one other Northern Fleet warship.

It is not clear why Orel sails on the surface, but submarines in similar transit voyages between St. Petersburg and the Northern Fleet’s bases have previously also sailed without diving. One reason could be that vessels in transit have a smaller crew than when on patrol missions."

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[Brian James]

Oscar II Class SSGN RFS Orel pictured at Kronstadt,October 10th 2020.