Russia's Sevmash shipyard is preparing to launch the first of six Yasen-class (Project 885) nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) on 7 May, according to local media reports.rnSeverodvinsk (K 329) is expected to enter service with the Russian Federation Navy in 2011, with the remaining ...
Yasen class submarine (Russian: Проект 885 "Ясень", "ash tree"), also known as the Severodvinsk class, is a new Russian nuclear multipurpose attack submarine class. The submarine is based on the Akula-class submarine and the Alfa-class submarines and are projected to replace ...
There are currently four additional Yasen-M class submarines under construction at Sevmash yard; the “Krasnoyarsk”, “Arkhangelsk”, “Perm” and “Ulyanovsk”. Contracts for two more, yet to be named, are signed and their construction is said to start in mid-2020. Yasen-M class ...
It also has canted torpedo tubes and spherical bow sonars, both new features in Russian submarines.TIM FISHJanes Navy International
Currently, seven Project 885M (Yasen-M) submarines are at various stages of their construction at the Sevmash Shipyard in Severodvinsk