Russian submarine Severodvinsk (K-560)

K-560 Severodvinsk is a Yasen class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy, and the lead vessel of the class.[5] The submarine is named after the city of Severodvinsk.

K-560 Severodvinsk
History
Russia
Name: K-560 Severodvinsk
Namesake: Severodvinsk
Builder: Sevmash
Laid down: 1993
Launched: 15 June 2010[1]
Commissioned: 30 December 2013[2]
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Yasen-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 5,800-7,700-9,500 surfaced
  • 8,200-13,800 submerged
Length: 139 m (456 ft)[3]
Beam: 13 m (43 ft)[3]
Draught: 8.4 m (28 ft)
Propulsion: 1 x KPM type pressurized water reactor
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[4]
Complement: 90

History
The American data on acoustic stealth and noise control between the Russian and American submarines.

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 has began its sea trials on 12 September 2011[6] and it returned from the first voyage by 6 October 2011.[7][8]

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.[9][10] Later that month, the submarine successfully test fired two additional Kalibr cruise missiles (land attack version).[11][12] The launches occurred on 26 November 2012 from a surfaced position and two days later from a submerged position.[13][14]

Severodvinsk was handed over to the Russian Navy in late December 2013.[15] The flag-raising ceremony was held on 17 June 2014, marking its introduction into the Russian Navy.[16]

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.[17][18][19]

Severodvinsk became combat-ready in early 2016.[20] At the end of April 2016 and in August 2017, it conducted drills using 3M14 cruise missiles.[21][22]

On 28 March 2019, it has launched a Kalibr cruise missile from a pier at its homebase. Previously, such launches were not possible.[23] The submarine has again launched Kalibr cruise missile during Grom-2019 strategic nuclear exercise on 17 October 2019.[24]

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 was Northern Fleet's entire available non-strategic nuclear submarine fleet at the moment.[25] 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.[26] 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.[27] The operation was expected to last up to two months.[28][29]

According to RF Defense Ministry sources, Severodvinsk trained submerging, surfacing and cruise missile fire in Arctic in late 2019.[30]

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