"Russian Navy Launches First Varshavyanka-Class Sub..." Topic

…for Black Sea Fleet.

"The first in the series of six Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarines, built for Crimea-based Black Sea Fleet, will be put in service with the Russian Navy on August 22, a Navy spokesman said on Tuesday.

"On August 22, St. Andrew's flag of the Russian Navy will be raised on diesel-electric submarine Novorossiisk at the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg," Capt. 1st Rank Igor Dygalo said.

According to the spokesman, the submarine is currently undergoing the second testing phase in the Baltic Sea and will soon arrive at the Admiralty Shipyards…"

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Armand

Is it wrong that when I read stuff about Russia my mind autocorrects "Russia" to "Soviet"…?

Kilo-IIIs, huh…

Pretty massive batteries, given that they have a 400mi range on electric power alone. I'd have to call that about 100 hours submerged.

Yes its wrong just like my mind auto corrects USA with "not really willing to do" The Russian Fed was fine until the guys next door went funny about the status quo 6 plus months ago, so stop looking for bogeymen where none exist there are a lot of others to cause headaches..
The Crimean/Black Seas have always been Russian waters, its no eye opener that they have finally got off their ass to revitalise their fleet. Most of it is virtually derelict.

Zargon,
The Black Sea has never been solely Russian waters*.

It currently has territorial waters of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine**.

If you are refering to the Sea of Azov, then that has only been Russian – since Russia conquered the Crimea and surrounding land

*The 1936 Montreux Convention provides for a free passage of civilian ships between the international waters of the Black and the Mediterranean Seas. However, a single country (Turkey) has a complete control over the straits connecting the two seas. The 1982 amendments to the Montreux Convention allow Turkey to close the Straits at its discretion in both wartime and peacetime.[55]
The 1936 Montreux Convention governs the passage of vessels between the Black and the Mediterranean Seas and the presence of military vessels belonging to non-littoral states in the Black Sea waters.

** The Black Sea became an Ottoman Navy lake within five years of Genoa losing the Crimea in 1479, after which the only Western merchant vessels to sail its waters were those of Venice's old rival Ragusa. This restriction was gradually changed by the Russian Navy from 1783 until the relaxation of export controls in 1789 because of the French Revolution.

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*** isn't a bleep, it is a link to the Sea of Azov on wiki, also note that since the Ukraine gained it's independance the Sea of Azov has not been solely Russian.