Epron

Country:  Russia

Class, [Type]: Prut, [ARS].

Builder: Zavod imeni 61 Kommunara, Nikolayev, Ukraine.

Commission date: 29 October 1959.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.380 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 89,7 x 14,3 x 5,4

Main machinery: 4 x 3D-100M diesels (1.800 hp each), 2 x props.

Speed ( knots ): 18,8.

Range ( miles ): 2.500 at 16,5 knots, 10.500 at 11,3 knots. 35 days.

Complement: 135.

Radar: Navigation: 2 x Don2.

Sonar: MGA-6 suite. MG-26 underwater telephone.

Comment: EPRON is an acronym for Ekspeditskaya Podvodnik Rabot Ososbogo Nazhnacheniya, the Russian Navy’s submarine rescue service. Refitted at Sebastopol in 1999.