955 Borey

[wayne frey]

Pending photographs.(yea right) I will post what I have

[wayne frey]

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From Tass news, on launch



From Tass news, on launch day April 15 2007 :
New Russian most powerful submarine emerges from shipyard’s shed



15.04.2007, 14.20



SEVERODVINSK, April 15 (Itar-Tass) - The new Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky of the fourth generation smoothly emerged on Sunday from the shed of the Sevmash shipyard. The ceremony was attended by over a dozen of high-ranking guests and more than 100 reporters.

Severodvinsk was visited by first vice-premier Sergei Ivanov, head of the Russian Federal Agency for Nuclear Power (Rosatom) Sergei Kiriyenko, commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Vladimir Masorin, Deputy Defence Minister Alexei Moskovsky, adviser to the Russian president on the military and industrial policy Alexander Burutin and Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov.

Ivanov called the construction of the Yuri Dolgoruky nuclear submarine a great and unique event. “This is a holiday for Russia, for industry, the navy and the Armed Forces. We have now not only what to protect, but with what to protect,” he added.

Ivanov admitted that while speaking at the ceremony, he was very agitated. “I’m also agitated, since we are launching, for the first time in 17 years, such a ship – a nuclear missile cruiser. In actual fact, it is the first Russian strategic nuclear submarine. Besides, it is of a new generation,” the vice-premier continued.

Ivanov along with the Moscow mayor, the commander-in-chief of the navy and the deputy defence minister signed a memorial certificate on the launching of the Yuri Dolgoruky from the shipyard.

“While signing this certificate, I felt that it is much more pleasant to sign such things than international treaties or any formal papers,” the vice-premier acknowledged. He emphasized that “labour was put up in the submarine’s construction at a very difficult historic period”.

Ivanov thanked “designers, engineers and workers of the Sevmash shipyard for what they have done. They have done a great thing and proved that ship-building is developing, and that Russia is capable of making such unique complexes of armaments”.

Ivanov heartily thanked the Moscow city government and the Moscow mayor who took construction of the submarine under their patronage. “The very name is symbolic: as was the case with Yuri Dolgoruky who united lands around Moscow, so the submarine united thousands of highly technological enterprises, working for the final result,” the vice-premier went on to say.

“It is now everything is more or less well at the shipyard; there are orders, and you have to work in three shifts, but let us remember the late 1990s when wages were not paid, and women had to take children to the shipyard so as to feed them. And the Moscow city government helped you at that difficult time,” Ivanov stressed.

The commander-in-chief of the navy expressed confidence that the Yuri Dolgoruky is the world’s best submarine. Besides, it will be equipped with the Bulava missiles. “This Sunday will remain in history as a day of which our navy can be proud of,” Masorin said at the ceremony.

“We have marine strategic nuclear forces. Just a few states in the world – there are enough fingers on one hand to count them – have such forces, and even less states have such weapons,” the commander-in-chief stressed. In Masorin’s opinion, “two or three countries can build such ships independently. This is expensive and difficult. They cooperate. We can build”.

Turning to the Bulava missiles designer, Masorin said: “We are sure that our missiles will fly and hit targets precisely.” The commander-in-chief underlined that the Yuri Dolgoruky is the world’s best nuclear submarine, and it will be an honour for sailors to serve on it.

Head of the Rubin design office Igor Spassky where the submarine had been designed, noted that this ship “was born, as a baby, in labors”. “A difficult time is in store now – to teach it to sail and speak, to speak very seriously and loudly,” he added.

He conveyed the submarine crew a sanctified Nicholas the Miracle-Maker icon from a Petersburg temple. The guests at the ceremony cut jointly a blue ribbon to launch the submarine. According to a naval tradition, a bottle of champagne was smashed against the ship’s board.

The cost of the state contract for the construction of the submarine totaled 23 billion roubles, out of the total, 14 billion – for construction. The volume of the state defence order in 2007 for the ship’s construction amounted to 4,920 million roubles. Work will be completed in 2008. The submarine is now ready 82 percent.

When finishing work of the submarine is started, the stage of mooring trials will begin. They are planned to end in October 2007, and then the stage of shipyard running trials will set in.

Another two similar missile subs – the Alexander Nevsky and Vladimir Monomakh – were laid down at the shipyard in 2004 and 2006. These ships are also of the Borei class. The submarines were designed by the Rubin design office of marine technology (Petersburg).

While building the Borei submarines, specialists used the latest achievements in ship radio-electronic means and in lowering noises. Submarines of this project are equipped with a surfacing escape chamber, designed for the entire crew. Each submarine will have 12 intercontinental ballistic solid fuel missiles of the Bulava type with the warhead of ten independently targetable charges.

The length of the Borei type subs is 170 meters and width – 13.5 meters, diving depth – 450 meters and the crew – 107 men. According to statements by the naval command, the Borei submarines will be the main naval component part of Russian nuclear forces in the 21st century.

[talwar]

(Copy of what I wrote

(Copy of what I wrote at Subpirates

And I already have you an analysis about it. Well at least a partial one from what we can see.

This baby has a pumpjet. Look at her "fat ass" compared to a regular single propellor sub... Pretty clear that they wouldn't put propellor behind such a stern. There is also the round outline of a pumpjet beyond the cloth.

Another interesting thing is that she doesn't seem to have any towed array on top of her rudder, or at least it's not installed yet.
Furthermore, she seems to have her towed array on the flank, like an LA or Ohio class.
The place marked in red is the general area which the second pictures zooms in on. What do you guys think? Flank mounted towed array or just a piece of the raised missile section? It seems to run parallel with the hull and I've noticed the same bumps/joints on the towed array casing of USS Seawolf in some pictures.







I've seen more pictures, but we'll have to wait to get a bigger version of those. Up till now they are insignificant and not really worth the effort of posting.
I'm sure that tomorrow there will be many more pictures, when the newspapers in Russia come out etc.

[talwar]

She has creeper motors like

She has creeper motors like the Akula:

More to the middle than on Akula though. Guess it helps to give the diving planes more effect this way, and it'll also give a greater moment to steer with these small creepers.




Not sure on that Towed Array, her top rudder eventually have one, the top of the rudder isn't entirely flat. There is no flank array, or so it seems, it looks like she does have a considerable turtle back and what I first thought to be a flank array is just the end of that turtleback.

The pumpjet, you can see a part sticking out of this cloth. It looks a lot like the model that was posted here some time ago.
I'm not sure on that flank array, seen a picture where she is further from behind that scaffolding, but have to check it again.
I do think you can see the outlines of the shroud, it looks pretty small for a PJ, but around the part that sticks out, you can see a round edge protruding. The same can be said from the pictures that were taken from the front, you can see the broadest forwards edge protruding in the cloth.

[wayne frey]

Adding mine that I blew

Adding mine that I blew up a little

[flateric]

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[flateric]

Yuri Dolgoruky starts sea trials

Yuri Dolgoruky starts sea trials on June 19, 2009

posted by 'CrazyMk' at www.forums.airbase.ru

[flateric]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaV8vUPh ... r_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsYzh0o4 ... r_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaV8vUPh ... r_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsYzh0o4 ... r_embedded

[hakkikt]

There is something at the

There is something at the tip of the fin - you can see it in the second photo by flateric and in the second youtube video, at 0:55. A bit thin for a towed array outlet, but could be one - maybe I am getting the scale wrong, this is a big ship.

[flateric]

some additional images from forums.airbase.ru

original

some additional images from forums.airbase.ru

original poster's name included in filenames





guess who...

[pirate]

Don't the Russians call their

Don't the Russians call their boats he, not she?

[flateric]

Don't the Russians call their

Don't the Russians call their boats he, not she?

yep

Dolgoruky return to Serverodvinsk
photos via CrazyMK/forums.airbase.ru











hull design will be modified starting from the fourth Borey class sub, and four more missile launch tubes will be added, making total twenty, according to official statement

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[tmsmalley]

Here's a shot from India Defense News.