The first published photo of the authorship of Oleg Kuleshov of the testing of the nuclear submarine strategic missile cruiser "Emperor Alexander III" (factory number 207) of the modified project 09552 (project 955A, code "Borey-A") appeared. Although, according to known data, this ship first entered factory sea trials from Severodvinsk in mid-June 2023, however, to date, information about this and its pictures have not appeared in open sources. The Emperor Alexander III is the seventh nuclear-powered submarine missile cruiser of the new generation of the Borey family and the fourth modified Borey-A project. The ship is intended for the Pacific Fleet.
The nuclear submarine strategic missile cruiser of the modified project 09552 (code "Borey-A") "Emperor Alexander III" (factory number 207) is the fourth ship of the modified type "Borey-A" and the seventh ship of the type "Borey" as a whole - during the next exit from Severodvinsk to the sea for factory sea trials, July 2023 (c) Oleg Kuleshov
The construction of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine "Emperor Alexander III" (factory number 207) was carried out in Severodvinsk at JSC "Production Association "Northern Machine-Building Enterprise" (SMP, as part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation" - USC) in accordance with the contract signed on May 25, 2012 by the Ministry of Defense Russia with USC for the construction of four serial ARPKSN project 955A (09552, "Borey-A") with factory numbers 205, 206, 207 and 208.
The head ARPKSN K-552 "Prince Oleg" (factory number 205) under this contract was officially laid down on the NSR on July 27, 2014, removed from the boathouse of the enterprise on July 16, 2020 and transferred to the Russian Navy on December 21, 2021.
The second ship under this contract, K-553 Generalissimo Suvorov (factory number 206), was laid down on the NSR on December 26, 2014, withdrawn from the boathouse of the enterprise on December 25, 2021 and transferred to the Russian Navy on December 29, 2022, the ship was enlisted in the Pacific Fleet.
The third ARPKSN under this contract "Emperor Alexander III" (factory number 207) was laid down on the NSR on December 18, 2015 and on December 29, 2022 was removed from the boathouse of the enterprise for subsequent launching. Now he has started factory sea trials, the commissioning of the "Emperor Alexander III" is scheduled for 2023.
Also on the NSR under this contract, the construction of the Prince Pozharsky ARPKSN (factory number 208), laid down on December 23, 2016, is underway.
In July 2020, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with USC for the construction of two more ARPKSN project 955A (09552, "Borey-A") with factory numbers 209 and 210. Their official bookmark under the names "Dmitry Donskoy" (factory number 209) and "Prince Potemkin" (factory number 210) was made at the NSR on the same day on August 23, 2021.
The head ARPKSN K-549 "Prince Vladimir" (factory number 204) was built at the NSR under a separate USC contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense dated May 25, 2012. The official laying of the "Prince Vladimir" was made in Severodvinsk on July 30, 2012 (the actual construction was carried out since 2009). The ship was withdrawn from the NSR boathouse on November 17, 2017. The first exit of the Prince Vladimir from Severodvinsk for factory sea trials took place on November 28, 2018, and on June 12, 2020, the ship was commissioned into the Russian Navy.
Earlier, the NSR carried out the construction and handed over to the Russian Navy the first three ARPSKN of project 955 (09551, "Borey") - K-535 "Yuri Dolgoruky" (factory number 201, transferred to the Russian Navy on January 10, 2013), K-550 "Alexander Nevsky" (factory number 202, transferred to the Russian Navy on December 23, 2013 year) and K-551 "Vladimir Monomakh" (factory number 203, transferred to the Russian Navy on December 19, 2014).
Of the five nuclear-powered strategic missile cruisers of the Project 955 series commissioned to date, the Northern Fleet (31st Submarine Division) includes the lead ship of project 09551 (project 955, code "Borey") K-535 "Yuri Dolgoruky" and the lead ship of the modified project 09552 (project 955A, code "Borey-A") K-549 "Prince Vladimir". The Pacific Fleet based at Vilyuchinsk (25th Submarine Division) includes the serial submarine cruisers of project 09551 (project 955, code "Borey") K-550 "Alexander Nevsky" and K-551 "Vladimir Monomakh", and the cruisers of project 09552 (project 955A, code "Borey-A") K-552 "Prince Oleg" and K-553 "Generalissimo Suvorov" - the latter has not yet made the transition to Kamchatka.
