Soviet submarine K-123

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Career

Name:	K-123 Mars
Builder:	Gorky
Laid down:	1989
Fate:	Scrapped July 1992
General characteristics
Class and type:	Sierra-class submarine
Displacement:	7,600 tons (surfaced) 9,100 tons (submerged)
Length:	364.2 ft (111.0 m)
Beam:	46.6 ft (14.2 m)
Propulsion:	1 × PWR, 190 MW 2 × 1002 hp emergency motors 1 shaft, 2 spinners
Speed:	10 knots (18.5 km/h) (surfaced) 32 knots (59.3 km/h) (submerged)
Range:	Unlimited, except by food supplies
Complement:	61
Armament:	4 × 25.6 in (650 mm) torpedo tubes 4 × 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes • SS-N-21 Sampson SLCM with 200 kT nuclear warhead • SS-N-15 Starfish anti submarine weapon: 200 kT depth charge or 90 kg HE Type 40 torpedo • SS-N-16 Stallion, 200 kT depth charge or 90 kg HE Type 40 torpedo Minelaying configuration: 42 mines instead of torpedoes

K-123 Mars was a Russian Sierra class submarine built at the Gorky shipyards. She was to be the third of the Sierra II class, but was scrapped before completion in July 1992.