According to information published by Tass on July 20, 2022, Danish warships are escorting the Russian 140 m long nuclear-powered submarine Severodvinsk sailing through the kingdom’s territorial waters to the Baltic Sea for its participation in Russia’s Navy Day celebrations in St. Petersburg.
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Russian Yasen class submarine Severodvinsk (Picture source: Tass)
As duty officer of the Danish Army Operations Center Steffen Lund reported, the submarine that was also escorted by two Russian ships passed under the Great Belt Bridge around noon.
The Russian submarine is moving in its surface position. The sub is expected to follow the same route in the opposite direction later.
About the submarine Severodvinsk
The Severodvinsk is a Project 885 Yasen-class nuclear-powered submarine. It incorporates many technical solutions that have not been used on Russian submarines before.
The Yasen-class lead submarine, the Severodvinsk, was laid down by the Sevmash Shipyard on December 21, 1993, and launched on June 15, 2010. On September 12, 2011, the nuclear-powered sub-K-329 Severodvinsk went to sea for the first time for sea trials.
The possibility of combining missile weapons enables the submarine to accomplish a wide range of combat missions, from hitting stationary ground targets with 3M-14 missiles to fighting enemy submarines and destroying all types of surface ships with 3M-54 Kalibr and P-800 Onyx anti-ship missiles.
