According to information published by Tass on November 8, 2022, the nuclear-powered submarine Generalissimus Suvorov has completed all the stages of its trials in the White Sea, Sevmash Shipyard CEO Mikhail Budnichenko said.
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Russian Project 955A Borei-A submarine Generalissimus Suvorov. (Picture source: RG)
The nuclear-powered submarine is now being prepared for its handover to the Russian Navy, he added.
The Generalissimo Suvorov is a fourth-generation Borei-A class nuclear-powered submarine developed by the St. Petersburg-based Rubin Central Marine Design Bureau.
The sub features fundamentally new technical solutions, improved equipment, reduced physical fields, and enhanced protection. Its imported components have been replaced.
The submarine was laid down on December 26, 2014 and removed from the slipway on December 25, 2021. The sub is planned to join and bolster the Pacific Fleet’s forces of nuclear-powered submarines.
About the class of submarine
The Borei class, alternate transliteration Borey, Russian designation Project 955 Borei and Project 955A Borei-A, are a series of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines being constructed by Sevmash for the Russian Navy.
The Borei submarines are approximately 170 metres (560 ft) long, 13 metres (43 ft) in diameter, and have a maximum submerged speed of at least 46 kilometres per hour (25 kn; 29 mph).
They are equipped with a floating rescue chamber designed to fit in the whole crew. Smaller than the Typhoon class, the Boreis were initially reported to carry 12 missiles but are able to carry four more due to the decrease in mass of the 36-ton Bulava SLBM (a modified version of the Topol-M ICBM) over the originally proposed R-39UTTH Bark.
