Soviet submarine K-329

: This is possibly a typo for Soviet submarine K-429, which has an interesting history.
: It is also confused with the Soviet submarine K-320.

Confusing sources
Did the K-329 have a reactor accident in 1970? No. It was an Oscar II built in 1993. See the Soviet submarine K-320.

Based on and , the K-329 has been misnamed. These sources and other mix up the names of Soviet submarines.

The K-429 is probably what you are looking for if you were searching for a sinking in Sarannaya_Bay as the result of a botched dive in 1983 or 1985.

The K-329 allegedly had a reactor problem in 1970 during construction. Some sources say it was a Charlie-I class submarine, but the K-429 was a Charlie-I. The K-329 was not a Charlie-I. The Soviet submarine K-429 wasn't even around in 1970.

Furthermore, there is data that appears to say that a K-329 was laid down in 24.7.92 and renamed Belgorod in 6.4.93. This cannot be the one we are trying to find, and it is listed as an Oscar-II. This is, in fact, the real K-329, built in 1993.

Since there is no K-329 in the list of Soviet submarines for 1970, perhaps the entire submarine was destroyed and scrapped during construction. This is doubtful, because the Soviets would generally re-use and repair a submarine whenever possible.

Perhaps the K-329 underwent a name change before commissioning. The K-302, K-320, and K-325 were all under construction at the time of this accident. The K-429 was not. However, according to one source, the K-320 was under construction during this time, and the incident took place January 18, 1970. See . It would seem most logical that the typo is three-fold in the erroneous sources: They use K-429 and K-329 interchangeably, but they mean K-320.

See this Russian source: which offers no K-329 in the list of Charlie-I submarines.

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