Project 1710 Makrel (russian: 1710 «Макрель»;

NATO reporting name NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform manne ...

"Beluga") was a Russian SSA diesel-electric

submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...

. It was an experimental vessel used for testing propulsion systems, hull forms, and boundary-layer control techniques. Development was undertaken by the

Malakhit Design Bureau Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau (russian: морское бюро машиностроения «Малахит») is a company based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation. Malakhit has designed ...

with construction at the Admiralty shipyard in St. Petersburg. Beluga Class Submarine
The lone Beluga-class submarine in operation was S-553 ''Forel''. Launched in 1986 and moth-balled around 1998, the last operation of the vessel is thought to have taken place in 1997. As of the mid-2000s, the entire project is believed to have been discontinued.

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* ttp://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/russia/submar.htm World Navies Today: Russian Submarines {{DEFAULTSORT:Beluga-class submarine Russian and Soviet navy submarine classes 1986 ships Auxiliary ships of the Soviet Navy