MOSCOW. Feb 3 (Interfax-AVN) - The trial sea run of the multirole nuclear submarine Severodvinsk (Project 885 Yasen) could last until the end of 2015, United Shipbuilding Corporation's Vice President for the State Defense Order and Military-Technical Cooperation Igor Ponomaryov told reporters.
"We have completed the testing in its entirety, and the relevant act has been signed by the head of the acceptance commission. The submarine has entered a trial run stage with the Russian Navy. It will remain at the shipyard during the ice period and then it will start fulfilling the tasks to be assigned by the fleet before it enters service," he said.
"A schedule of trial operation is being drawn up, to be subsequently negotiated with the Naval Command, and the submarine will enter service tentatively at the end of 2015," he said.
There are types of testing that require common effort involving the Navy, the Defense Ministry and the Sevmash shipyard. It is our job to perform some testing in the Defense Ministry's interests. And there are details to be finalized," Ponomaryov said.
The forth-generation submarine Severodvinsk entered the stage of trial runs on December 30 2013. It was launched in June 15 2010 and it started at-sea trials in September 2013. For the first time in Russian shipbuilding practice, torpedo systems are located beyond the central post compartment, not in the nose where a hydro acoustic antenna is located. Twenty-four vertical launchers are used to fire missiles.
The nuclear submarine is capable of developing a speed of more than 30 knots. The maximum depth is 600 meters. Cruising endurance is 100 days. The crew is comprised of 90 members, including 32 officers. The Severodvinsk costs about 47 billion rubles.