K-560 Severodvinsk
History
Russia
NameK-560 Severodvinsk
NamesakeSeverodvinsk
BuilderSevmash
Laid down1993
Launched15 June 2010 http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/on_1992/885/SD/SD.htm
Commissioned17 June 2014 http://www.deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/on_1992/885/SD/SD.htm
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeYasen-class submarine
Displacement
  • 5,800-7,700-9,500 surfaced
  • 8,200-13,800 submerged
Length139 m (456 ft)[1]
Beam13 m (43 ft)[1]
Draught8.4 m (28 ft)
Propulsion1 x KPM type pressurized water reactor (HEU <= 45%[2])
Speed
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) surfaced
  • 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) submerged silent
  • 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)+ submerged max[3]
Complement90

K-560 Severodvinsk is a Yasen class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy, and the lead vessel of the class.[4] The submarine is named after the city of Severodvinsk. She is deployed with the Russian Northern Fleet.

History

Ceremony of raising the flag of the Russian Navy on the lead nuclear submarine Severodvinsk on June 17, 2014

The construction of the submarine started in 1993 and was first planned to be launched in 1998. However budgetary problems delayed the construction for years, and it was only launched on 15 June 2010. Severodvinsk began its sea trials on 12 September 2011 and it returned from the first voyage by 6 October 2011.[5]

On 7 November 2012, Severodvinsk successfully launched a Kalibr cruise missile (anti-ship version) from submerged position at a sea target in the White Sea.[6][7] Later that month, the submarine successfully test fired two additional Kalibr cruise missiles (land attack version).[8] The launches occurred on 26 November 2012 from a surfaced position and two days later from a submerged position.[9]

Severodvinsk was handed over to the Russian Navy in late December 2013. The flag-raising ceremony was held on 17 June 2014, marking its introduction into the Russian Navy.[10]

In November 2014, the submarine successfully tested its rescue capsule which surfaced from a depth of 40 metres (130 ft) with five crew members inside.[11][12][13]

Severodvinsk became combat-ready in early 2016.[14] At the end of April 2016 and in August 2017, it conducted drills using 3M14 cruise missiles.[15][16]

On 28 March 2019, it launched a Kalibr cruise missile from a pier at its homebase. Previously, such launches were not possible.[17] The submarine again launched Kalibr cruise missile during the Grom-2019 strategic nuclear exercise on 17 October 2019.[18]

In Autumn 2019, she reportedly participated in the largest post-Cold War Russian submarine drills. The drills, sometimes dubbed as operation, included ten submarines, among them two diesel-electric and eight nuclear. The eight nuclear submarines reportedly constituted the Northern Fleet's entire available non-strategic nuclear submarine fleet at that time.[19] The operation was supposedly testing Russian ability to breach the GIUK gap undetected and sail into the Atlantic Ocean, much like the operations Aport and Atrina in 1985 and 1987, respectively, when the Soviets deployed several SSNs near the U.S. coast before Gorbachev-Reagan meeting.[20] This time, the operation started a week before Commander of the Russian Northern Fleet Aleksandr Moiseyev and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met their Norwegian counterparts in Kirkenes, Norway.[21] The operation was expected to last up to two months.[22][23]

According to RF Defense Ministry sources, in late 2019 Severodvinsk trained submerging, surfacing and cruise missile fire in the Arctic.[24]

On 5 February 2021, she successfully hit a coastal target in Chiza training ground, Arkhangelsk Oblast with a Kalibr missile.[25] In October 2021, the submarine was reported to have carried out a successful launch of the hypersonic Tsirkon missile from the White Sea at a target in the Barents Sea.[26]

In July 2022, the submarine was monitored on the surface by NATO naval forces as she transited from the Northern Fleet to the Baltic in company with the Akula-class submarine Vepr.[27] In August 2022, Italian Navy sources reported the detection of a nuclear submarine, reported to be the Severodvinsk, submerged in the Mediterranean Sea to the south of Sicily, making it the first Russian nuclear submarine in the Mediterranean since Kursk and Tomsk in 1999.[28][29][30]

References

  1. 1 2 Emelianenko, Aleksander (27 July 2009). Место на стапеле заняла "Казань" (in Russian). Rg.ru. Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Marine Nuclear Power:1939 – 2018" (PDF). July 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Pike, John. "Project 885 Yasen / Graney Severodvinsk class". Globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Pettersen, Trude (28 December 2009). "New attack submarine ready for mooring trials". BarentsObserver. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Russian Navy to get new nuclear sub late in 2011". rusnavy.com. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Russian Navy's first Yasen-class submarine test fires Caliber cruise missile". Naval Technology. 12 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Nilsen, Thomas (8 November 2012). ""Severodvinsk" launched cruise missile". Barents Observer. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Russian sub carries out its first missile firing | Fox News Latino". Fox News Latino. 26 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "SSGN Severodvinsk Performed Underwater Cruise Missile Launch". rusnavy.com. 29 November 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Korolkov, Alexander (17 June 2014). "Russia's top-secret nuclear submarine comes into service". Russia Beyond the Headlines. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Nilsen, Thomas (12 November 2014). "Submariners test amazing rescue capsule". Barents Observer. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  12. ↑ Спастись за 10 секунд: как теперь моряков-подводников будут эвакуировать с глубины (in Russian). tvzvezda.ru. 17 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  13. ↑ На Северном флоте испытали всплывающую спасательную камеру новейшей АПЛ «Северодвинск» (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. 10 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Russia's First Yasen-Class Submarine is Combat-Ready". Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
  15. ↑ "Пуск крылатой ракеты "Калибр" произведен с АПЛ "Северодвинск" | Еженедельник "Военно-промышленный курьер"". Archived from the original on 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  16. ↑ "Russian nuclear submarine successfully test fires Kalibr cruise missile". Archived from the original on 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  17. ↑ "Не отходя от пирса: пришвартованная подлодка провела пуски "Калибров"". iz.ru. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  18. ↑ "Атомная подлодка "Северодвинск" провела пуск ракеты "Калибр" из подводного положения". TV Zvezda. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  19. ↑ "Корабельный состав ВМФ РФ (боевые корабли основных классов) на 01.11.2019". navy-korabel.livejournal.com. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  20. ↑ "Операции "Апорт" и "Атрина"". podlodka.info. 7 January 2007. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  21. ↑ "Lavrov sees Norway as possible bridge builder between Russia and NATO". thebarentsobserver.com. 25 October 2019.
  22. ↑ "Russian subs honing stealth skills in major North Atlantic drill, says". thebarentsobserver.com. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  23. ↑ "Russia Sends Ten Subs Into North Atlantic In Drill Unprecedented In Size Since Cold War". thedrive.com. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  24. ↑ "Russian Navy Yasen and Yasen-M class SSGN submarines able to fire cruise missile in Arctic region". navyrecognition.com. 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  25. ↑ "Атомная подлодка "Северодвинск" поразила учебную цель ракетой "Калибр"". iz.ru (in Russian). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  26. ↑ "Submarine Severodvinsk carries out underwater launch of Tsirkon missile".
  27. ↑ "Royal Navy shadows Russian attack submarines from the Arctic into the North Sea | Navy Lookout". 22 July 2022.
  28. ↑ "New Intelligence: Russia Sends Nuclear Submarine to Mediterranean". 2 September 2022.
  29. ↑ "The most powerful Russian nuclear submarine has sailed into the Mediterranean - Free Press". 5 September 2022.
  30. ↑ "Russian Sub Ops Special Briefing: Severodvinsk Enters Med". YouTube.
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