Russia's New Nuclear Submarine Ready For Tests In The White Sea In June

Kapal selam Projet 885m K-561 Kazan. (Wikimedia Commons/Mil.ru/Ministry of Defense of Russia)

JAKARTA - Project 885M (Yasen-M) second series of nuclear-powered multipurpose submarine K-571 Krasnoyarsk currently under construction at the Sevmash Shipyard, in Severodvinsk, northwest Russia will be brought to the White Sea for sea trials in early June, a a source in the domestic defense industry told TASS.

"The nuclear-powered submarine cruiser Krasnoyarsk will enter the shipbuilder's sea trials in the first days of June 2022," the source said, citing TASS February 8.

"In the White Sea, the shipbuilder will check the operation of the equipment on board his ships under field conditions and check compliance with seaworthiness and performance characteristics for the designed parameters," he continued.

It further said the vessel is currently undergoing start-up and adjustment work, which will soon turn into dock trials.

After the shipbuilder's sea trials, the nuclear-powered submarine Krasnoyarsk will enter state trials to check its weapons systems. By the end of this year, the nuclear-powered submarine will enter service with Russia's Pacific Fleet, the source said.

Regarding this, TASS does not yet have official confirmation of the information provided.

Krasnoyarsk is the second and third Project 885M (Yasen-M) series submarines built in 2014. The submarine cruisers were launched from the slipway and floated on 30 July 2021.

The Project 885M nuclear-powered submarine was designed by the St.-based Malakhit Design Bureau of Machine-Building. Petersburg. Currently, six Project 885M submarines are under various stages of construction at the Sevmash Shipyard.

To note, the nuclear-powered Project 885M Kazan submarine was delivered to the Russian Navy on 7 May 2021. The Project 885/885M submarines are armed with Kalibr-PL and Oniks cruise missiles as their basic attack weapons.