Project 701

NATO: Hotel III

Type	SSBN
Soviet designation	PLARB
NATO reporting name	Hotel III
Country	USSR
Displacement (t)	6,400
Length (m)	129.8
Beam (m)	9.2
Draft (m)	7.7
Height (m)	9.2
Max speed submerged (kn)	23.3
Max speed surfaced (kn)	15.0
Max safe depth (m)	219
Endurance (days)	50
Nuclear reactors	2
Titanium hull	No
Class year	1973

Sensors

Sonar (2)

Name	Type	Platform	Passive range (km)	Active range (km)
MG-10 Kola	Cylindrical	sub	0.9	—
MG-200 Arktika	Hull	sub	—	1.3

Radar (1)

Name	NATO name	Air search	Surface search	Fire control
RLK-101 Albatros	Snoop Tray 1	—	Yes	—

Launchers (5)

Name	Tubes	Fire control	Max launch depth (m)
400mm Torpedo Tube (forward) 2 Leningrad-658 250 1962 - 1967: 4 x SET-40 1968 - present: 4 x SET-40U
400mm Torpedo Tube (aft) 2 Leningrad-658 250 1962 - 1967: 4 x SET-40 1968 - present: 4 x SET-40U
533mm Torpedo Tube (forward) 4 Leningrad-658 100 1961 - 1963: 2 x 53-61 , 2 x SET-53 1964 - 1964: 2 x 53-61 , 2 x SET-53M 1965 - 1968: 2 x 53-65 , 2 x SET-65 1969 - present: 2 x 53-65K , 2 x SET-65M
Missile Launcher 3 D-9 FCS 60 1972 - present: 3 x R-29
Signal Ejector	2	—	200