The delivery is scheduled for 2022
Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Region, Russia based Sevmash (a company of USC) has held a ceremonial launching of nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine Krasnoyarsk (Project 885, Yasen-M) today, 30 July 2021, says press center of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Government.
The ceremony was lead by Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy. It was attended by Andrey Volf, head of the Krasnoyarsk Territory’s representative office at RF Government.
According to a tradition, a bottle of champagne was smashed over the hull of the submarine. Within the coming days the submarine will be moved to the outfitting site at Sevmash.
A series of multipurpose submarines of Project 885, Yasen, is under construction at Sevmash, the only shipyard in Russia building nuclear-powered submarines of the fourth generation.
According to the press center of RF Defence Ministry, subsurface speed of the ship is 31 knots, surface speed - 16 knots, maximum diving depth - 600 m, endurance - 100 days.
Similar submarine named Novosibirsk is to be delivered in the end of 2021 while the Kazan, the first Yasen-M submarine will join RF Navy upon completion of the last test in the sea.
