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This capsule has recently under gone testing at sea ( One might wonder about the lucky 5 who got to ride up to the surface...):

"With the “Severodvinsk” submarine, the Russian navy shows that they take the lessons learned from the “Kursk” disaster seriously.

The submarine has an inbuilt rescue chamber where the crew can gather in case of emergency sinking. The chamber, located as a part of the tower, can be shut out like a catapult and will surface within seconds.

This weekend, the unique catapult chamber was tested with crew members inside for the first time.

It is Russia’s Ministry of Defense that have posted the photos (see below) from the test that took place in the Litsa fjord, just outside where “Severodvinsk” has her homebase. The Litsa fjord house the Northern fleet’s westernmost naval base, only 60 kilometers from Russia’s border to Norway in the north.

“Severodvinsk” dived down to a depth of 40 meters before the officers in the command room stabilized the vessel to simulate a fixed position on the seabed. When the alarm was triggered to abandon ship, a test team of five crew members entered the rescue chamber, and it was released from the hull. A few seconds later, the chamber pops up on the surface like a cork and a red signal smoke is released.

To make the test fully realistic, in addition to the five men the chamber buoyance is filled with tons of water to simulate the weight of the submarine’s entire crew. “Severodvisk” has a crew of 90 people.

At the surface, the crew members were picked up by rescuers in a fast-speed zodiac and the capsule was lifted onboard another vessel and brought to the pier where it again will be attached to the tower of the submarine." DFO
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Well that will reassure the crew i'm sure eh Dennis
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Well, in theory it does give them more of a survival chance than other nations' submariners have......in theory. :o Of course, one does need access to the sail and presumably the boat must be on a fairly even keel. Dangerous business being a sub crew member....... DFO
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Yes I must admit it would not be my choice of somewhere to sling my hammock :oops:
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No happy endings in this film
Kursk: The Last Mission
Starring Colin Firth. In cinemas July 12th.
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Will try to get my paws on that one David ......such a tragic event augmented by false pride and fate based on an unstable platform as I recall , but thats only my take on it , so probably wrong :(
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Re KURSK, probably correct Ivor........ :(

Going back to daa GLORYess daze of daa sovz, there were these lil cobbled together B-U-teez!! ;) One way to get some missiles to sea.

From SUB ART: "These remarkable-looking submarines started life under an entirely different guise: originally they were Whisky Class subs (Project 613) but then they were chosen for a conversion project. This complex work involved chopping the body in two and inserting an extra section to extend the length and create the highly-stylized conning tower, as well as providing 4 internal launches.

Six of these Cold War submarines were produced between 1961 - 63. Officially known as Project 655 in the Soviet Union, the NATO codename for these conversions was Whisky Long Bin.
These guided-missile vessels were operational until the late 1970s, then used as training submarines, before being scrapped in the 1980s."


The final evolution of the WHISKEY as a missile carrier began in 1960 with the Whiskey 'Long-Bin' class. This variant had their sails extended so that four SS-N-3 'Shaddock' missiles could be placed in the rear portion of them. These were the most heavily armed and most streamlined of all the Whiskey missile conversions. A total of six were converted to this requirement between 1960 and 1963. All of the various sov missile sub conversions had to surface to launch their missiles.
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tab like a bull nose whale Dennis .....never seen these before so thanks for sharing them with us all .
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14 Sailors Die on Secretive Russian Nuclear Submarine
By: Sam LaGrone
July 2, 2019 12:02 PM

A fire that broke out on a secret Russian submarine has killed 14 sailors, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defense in Moscow.

“On July 1, 14 submariners – sailors died in Russian territorial waters as a result of inhaling combustion products aboard a research submersible vehicle designated for studying the seafloor and the bottom of the World Ocean in the interests of the Russian Navy after a fire broke out during bathymetric measurements,” read a translation of the statement from the state-controlled Tass news service.

The remaining crew was able to extinguish the fire, the ministry said. The incident is believed to have occurred off Russia’s northern shore in the Barents Sea on Monday, but the MoD has not specified.

The submarine was towed to the Russian North Fleet headquarters in Severomork and an investigation is underway, according to the news agency.

Messages left with U.S. 6th Fleet and U.S. European Command if American assistance was requested were not immediately returned.

The boat was identified by Russian-language news service RBC as Losharik (AS-12), a nuclear-powered submarine that is widely believed to be a key asset for the Russian Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research, also known as GUGI.

GUGI develops and operates a fleet of specialized submarines that Russia uses for deep sea and Moscow’s most covert operations.

Losharik is among the most mysterious of the closely guarded fleet. Fielded in the late 1990s, specifics for the nuclear-powered boat are few. It’s estimated to carry a crew of about 25 and can dive to thousands of feet below the surface, according to the Military Russia blog.

The about 2000-ton boat can travel slung under the belly of a specially modified Delta III nuclear ballistic missile submarine, according to open source intelligence analysts. The purpose and capabilities of Losharik are shrouded in mystery.

According to analyst H I Sutton, Losharik is one of a, “range of special missions boats based at the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet’s Olenya Guba base. This base is one of several set up by the Soviets during the Cold War on the inhospitable but strategically important Kola Peninsular, far away from civilization.

Source; USNI News where associated images & drawings/diagrams can be viewed - some comments are of dubious value IMO

Also carried on NavyLookout on twitter
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The loss of the crewmen is sad news. RIP

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