According to information published by Tass on February 8, 2022, the Project 885M (Yasen-M) second serial-built multi-purpose nuclear-powered submarine K-571 Krasnoyarsk is currently under construction at the Sevmash Shipyard in Severodvinsk in Russia’s northwest will take to the White Sea for shipbuilders’ sea trials in early June.
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Project 885M (Yasen-M) submarine Krasnoyarsk (Picture source: Sevmash)
The vessel (factory No. 163) is undergoing start-up and adjustment works, which will soon transform into dockside trials, he said.
After the shipbuilders’ sea trials, the nuclear-powered submarine Krasnoyarsk will enter state trials to check its armament systems. At the end of this year, the nuclear-powered submarine cruiser is set to enter service with the Russian Pacific Fleet.
The Krasnoyarsk is the Project 885M (Yasen-M) second serial-built and third-constructed submarine that was laid down in 2014. The submarine cruiser was rolled out from the slipway and put afloat on July 30, 2021.
Project 885M nuclear-powered submarines have been engineered by the St. Petersburg-based Malakhit Design Bureau of Machine-Building. Currently, six Project 885M submarines are at various stages of their construction at the Sevmash Shipyard. The Project 885M lead nuclear-powered submarine Kazan was delivered to the Russian Navy on May 7, 2021.
The Krasnoyarsk is the second serial submarine of project 885M. It was laid on July 27, 2014. The Russian Navy operates the Severodvinsk K-560 Yasen-class SSGN of project 885. It was laid by Sevmash on December 21, 1993, floated on June 15, 2010, and commissioned on July 17, 2014.
