aerial photograph of Soviet Submarine U-475 Black Widow moored in the River Medway near Rochester Kent UK. Refereed to by NATO as Foxtrot class the Soviets built 74 of the vessels from 1957 to 1983. The Black Widow was built in Leningrad in 1967 and served with the soviet fleet until 1994 when it was decommissioned and sold off. She is now in private hands and has been used as a Museum ship. The name U-475 Black Widow has been added in recent times and when she served with the Soviet Fleet she carried the number B-49..