Moscow. April 2. INTERFAX - In April, the crew of the new diesel submarine "Magadan", which is built for the Pacific Fleet (TOF) of Russia, will arrive in St. Petersburg, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
"At the end of April, the crew of the newest diesel-electric submarine "Magadan" of project 636.3 will arrive in St. Petersburg to ensure all stages of its testing. Currently, the crew is undergoing comprehensive training at the Naval Training Center in Obninsk, " the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
"Magadan" is the third submarine in the series being built by JSC "Admiralty Shipyards" for the Pacific Fleet. Laid down on November 1, 2019. On March 26, the Magadan submarine was launched in St. Petersburg. It should be included in the Russian Navy in November of this year.
The contract for the construction of this series of submarines was signed in September 2016. The first ship, the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, was transferred to the Russian Navy on November 25, 2019. The Volkhov submarine, the second in the series, joined the Pacific Fleet on October 24, 2020.
"Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky "and" Volkhov " submarines are currently working out tasks in the Baltic Sea before moving to the base of the Pacific Fleet.
"This year, two more diesel-electric submarines of project 636.3 "Mozhaisk" and "Yakutsk" will be laid down for the submarine forces of the Pacific Fleet at the Admiralty Shipyards. Active construction work is underway in Ufa. The entire series of six units of non-nuclear submarines of Project 636.3 will be built and transferred to the Pacific Fleet until 2024, which will significantly strengthen its component of carriers of high-precision missile weapons, " Navy Commander-in-Chief Nikolai Evmenov said in March.
Tactical and technical characteristics of submarines of the project 636.3: autonomous navigation-45 days, the maximum depth of immersion-300 meters, the range of diving at an economical speed-400 miles, the range of navigation in the RDP mode with an enhanced fuel reserve at a speed of 7 knots, - 7 500 miles, the number of torpedo tubes-6. The speed of underwater travel - 18 knots. Crew - 52 people.
In 2016, the construction of the first six diesel-electric submarines of the project for the Russian Black Sea Fleet was completed. These submarines participated in a military operation in Syria-they launched cruise missile strikes against militants from the Mediterranean Sea.
