Romanian submarine Delfinul

Delfinul submarine in 2008
Career (Romania)
Name:	Delfinul
Ordered:	1984
Builder:	Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112
Commissioned:	August 1985
Out of service:	1995
Homeport:	Constanţa
Status:	in reserve
General characteristics
Class and type:	Kilo-class submarine
Displacement:	2,460 t., surfaced 3,180 t., submerged
Length:	72.9 m (239 ft 2 in)
Beam:	12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draft:	14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), surfaced 20 knots (40 km/h/25 m/h), submerged
Complement:	54
Armament:	6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes for guided electric TEST-71 torpedoes, guided 53-65K oxygen-propelled torpedoes 28 naval mines 8 SA-16 Gimlet surface-to-air missiles

Delfinul (Dolphin) is a Kilo class submarine of the Romanian Naval Forces. It was commissioned in August 1985 and is currently the only Romanian submarine in service. Due to a lack of funding the submarine is inactive since 1995 and kept in reserve docked in the military sector of the Port of Constanţa.

Service

The submarine successfully accomplished 67 missions, with 2000 hours of immersion. During these missions, Delfinul launced 23 torpedoes and 2 naval mines. In 1996, the submarine exhausted the resources of the initial batteries and is kept in reserve since then. After 2001, the submarine was transferred to the "Mircea cel Bătrân" Naval Academy, being used as a training ship.

See also

• NMS Dolphin submarine, a World War II-era namesake
• Romanian Naval Forces

References

• "Cu submarinul la reparat (Overhauling the submarine)" (in Romanian). Jurnalul Naţional. October 7, 2007. http://www.jurnalul.ro/articole/105005/delfinul-cu-submarinul-la-reparat. Retrieved October 29, 2008. 
• ***, Almanahul Forțelor Navale 2007, Statul Major al Forțelor Navale, Editura CTEA, București, 2006, ISBN 978-973-7601-96-4