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2013 December 23   15:35

Sevmash delivers first serial Borey-class submarine cruiser to RF Navy

RF Navy has accepted the delivery of the Aleksandr Nevsky, fourth-generation Borey-class submarine cruiser, at Russia’s largest shipyard Sevmash, says United Shipbuilding Corporation.

The delivery certificate was signed by Mikhail Budnichenko, Sevmash Director General, and Igor Feodorov, Chairman of the State Acceptance Committee. The hoist of the flag was attended by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. 

Aleksandr Nevsky is the first serial ship of project 955, Borey. The keel –laying ceremony was held on March 19, 2004. The lead vessel of the series, Yury Dolgoruky, was put into service in January, 2013. In 2006 and in 2012, Sevmash laid down two more serial submarines of this project: Vladimir Monomakh and Knyaz Vladimir. 

The Aleksandr Nevsky submarine is the 130th nuclear submarine built by Sevmash. 

United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC OJSC) is the largest shipbuilding company in Russia. It was set up in 2007 with 100% federal ownership. The holding comprises 60 companies and organizations (major shipbuilding and shiprepairing companies as well as leading design bureaus). Currently, OSK consolidates about 80% of the domestic shipbuilding complex. The Russian market is the main focus of the state corporation though it also exports its products to 20 countries worldwide.

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