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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K-535 Yuriy Dolgorukiy (Russian: АПЛ 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.