Kashtan-class salvage vessel vs S-80 Plus-class submarine

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ASubmarines

Kashtan-class salvage vessel

Salvage vessel/ Submersible support

Credit

Press Service of the Western Military District · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

S-80 Plus-class submarine — licensed reference photograph

BSubmarines

S-80 Plus-class submarine

Submarine with air-independent propulsion (AIP)

Credit

A Guy Named Nyal · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Kashtan-class salvage vesselLength

97.83 m

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S-80 Plus-class submarineLength

81.05 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Kashtan-class salvage vessellarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+21%
Beam+56%

S-80 Plus-class submarinelarger figure on 1 of 3

Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

97.83m

81.05m

Length+21%

All recorded figures & sources

97.83 m

Length

Single source

97.83 m (321 ft 0 in)^[source]

81.05 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Kashtan-class salvage vessel and S-80 Plus-class submarine configuration
Specification	Kashtan-class salvage vessel	S-80 Plus-class submarine
Power	2 × 1,500 hp (1,100 kW) diesel-electric motors, 2 fixed pitch propellers, 1 bow thruster , 5 × 775 kW diesel generators^[source]	—
Thrust	—	1 shaft Etanol-AIP 3 bio-ethanol engines (3 × 1,200 kW) MTU-16V-396SE-85L 1 electric motor (3,500 kW), 1 AIP fuel cell unit (300 kW) Vulkan couplings RATO-S G-561W. 280 kN·m^[source]
Name	Kashtan class^[source]	—
Builders	Neptun Werft , Rostock , East Germany^[source]	Navantia^[source]
Operators	Soviet Navy (former) Russian Navy

Completed	8^[source]	2^[source]

Type	Salvage vessel/ Submersible support^[source]	Submarine with air-independent propulsion (AIP)^[source]

Preceded by	—	Galerna class^[source]

Cost	—	€ 3.935 billion (2018) for 4 units € 983.75 million (2018) per unit^[source]

Built	—	2005–2029 (planned)^[source]

In commission	—	2023-present^[source]

Planned	—	4^[source]

Building	—	2^[source]

Active	—	1^[source]

Endurance	—	30-55 days in immersion^[source]

Test depth	—	460 m (1,510 ft)^[source]

Armament	—	6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes with: Torpedoes: DM2A4 Mark 48 (option) Black Shark (option) Spearfish (option) Torped 2000 (option) Anti-ship missiles: UGM-84 Sub-Harpoon block II (option) Exocet (option) Joint Strike Missile (studies) Cruise missiles: Tomahawk (option) Cylindrical multi-influence mines MINEA smart bottom mines^[source]