Russia’s Third Project 885M (Yasen-M) Submarine Starts Sea Trials

Russia's Third Project 885M (Yasen-M) Submarine Krasnoyarsk Starts Sea Trials
Project 885M Yasen-M-class cruise missile submarine Krasnoyarsk (K-571) heading out for sea trials from Severovdinsk - June 26, 2022. Picture by ะฒะธะบั‚ะพั€29ั€ัƒั (victor29rus) via @qretaxyeta
The third Project 885M nuclear-powered cruis missile submarine (SSGN) Krasnoyarsk (Yasen M / NATO reporting name: Severodvinsk-class) currently under construction at the Sevmash Shipyard in Severodvinsk set out for its first sea trials in the White Sea, a source in the shipbuilding industry told TASS.
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Krasnoyarsk is the third Yasen M-class SSGN.

By TASS Russian news agency

โ€œOnย June 26, the Krasnoyarsk submarine left the Sevmash Shipyard for the first shipbuilders sea trials inย the Whiteย Sea. Its onboard equipment and compliance ofย its seaworthiness and performance characteristics with the designed parameters will beย tested atย sea,โ€



TASS source

After that, asย the source specified, the Krasnoyarsk submarine will undergo state tests where all ofย its weapons will beย checked inย practice.

The press office of the Sevmash Shipyard refused to comment for TASS.

Inย February 2022, aย source told TASS that the submarine would start its shipbuilders sea trials inย early June.

The Krasnoyarsk isย the second serial-produced and third-built Project 885M (Yasen-M) submarine. Itย was laid down inย 2014 and launched onย July 30, 2021.

The submarine was developed byย theย St. Petersburg-based Malakhit Design Bureau. Currently, six Project 885M submarines are atย various stages ofย their construction atย the Sevmash Shipyard. The Project 885M lead nuclear-powered submarine Kazan was delivered toย the Russian Navy onย May 7, 2021. Project 885/885M submarines are armed with Kalibr-PL (SS-N-27 Sizzler) and Onyx (SS-N-26 Strobile) cruise missiles asย their basic strike weapons.

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