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2021 July 30   16:00

Sevmash launches nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine named Krasnoyarsk

Image source: press center of RF Defence Ministry

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.