Russian submarine Yury Dolgorukiy
Yury Dolgorukiy in October 2015 | |
| History | |
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| Russia | |
| Name | Yury Dolgorukiy |
| Namesake | Yuriy Dolgorukiy |
| Builder | Sevmash |
| Laid down | 2 November 1996 |
| Launched | 13 February 2008 |
| Commissioned | 10 January 2013 |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Borei-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 170 m (557 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Complement | 130 officers and men |
| Armament |
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Yury Dolgorukiy (K-535; Russian: К-535 Юрий Долгорукий) is a Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine of the Russian Navy, and the lead vessel of the class. Named after the founder of Moscow, Yuri Dolgorukiy, the vessel was laid down on 2 November 1996 and was first planned to enter service in 2001. However, project for the R-39M SLBM that the Borei class was supposed to carry was abandoned after several failed tests, and the submarine was redesigned for the new RSM-56 Bulava SLBM. The RSM-56 Bulava is smaller than the original R-39M, and in the 2007 START treaty data exchange it was reported that all Borei-class submarines would be equipped with 16 missiles instead of 12, as originally intended. Yury Dolgorukiy was commissioned on 10 January 2013, making it the first new strategic submarine to join the Northern Fleet since 1992.