On November 29, 2023, Severodvinsk hosted the withdrawal from the slipway workshop of JSC "Production Association "Northern Machine-Building Enterprise" (SMP, part of JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation") into the filling pool for subsequent launching of the K-564 Arkhangelsk nuclear submarine under construction for the Russian Navy (factory number 164) - the fourth ship of the modified project 08851 (project 885M; code "Ash-M"). The ceremony was attended by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov.
The ceremony of the withdrawal of the nuclear submarine K-564 Arkhangelsk (factory number 164) modified project 08851 (project 885M; code "Ash-M") from the workshop of JSC "Production Association "Northern Machine-Building Enterprise". Severodvinsk, 29.11.2023 (c) JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation"
Sevmash CEO Mikhail Budnichenko thanked the employees of the USC-Sevmash enterprises and the St. Petersburg Malachite Design Bureau, as well as the military and representatives of counterparty organizations for their work at the ceremony of withdrawal from the workshop. "In the coming days, the Arkhangelsk will be transferred from the filling pool to the embankment, and we will proceed with its further completion and testing. Multipurpose nuclear submarines of the 4th generation have already proven their combat capability and high technical characteristics. 3 multipurpose ships built on Sevmash are serving on the maritime borders of Russia," he said.
The official laying of the lead nuclear submarine K-564 "Arkhangelsk" (factory number 164) of the modified project 08851 was made in Severodvinsk on March 19, 2015. This ship is the third of five serial nuclear submarines of the project 08851 ("Yasen-M") with factory numbers 162, 163, 164, 165 and 166, the construction of which is carried out under a contract signed on November 9, 2011 by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC). The project was developed in JSC "St. Petersburg Marine Engineering Bureau "Malachite".
The lead nuclear submarine of the fourth generation of the Project 885 series (code "Ash") K-560 Severodvinsk (factory number 160) was laid down on the NSR on December 21, 1993 and handed over to the Russian Navy for trial operation on June 17, 2014.
Further construction of the series is carried out at the NSR according to the modernized project 08851 (code "Ash-M"), according to which the first nuclear submarine K-561 "Kazan" (factory number 161) was laid on July 24, 2009, which was withdrawn from the NSR workshop on March 31, 2017, launched on April 8, 2017 year, entered factory sea trials on September 24, 2018 and was commissioned into the Russian Navy on May 7, 2021.
Within the framework of the mentioned 2011 contract, the construction of the first serial nuclear submarine of the project 08851 K-573 Novosibirsk (factory number 162) was carried out at the NSR, which was laid down on July 26, 2013, withdrawn from the workshop on December 25, 2019, entered factory sea trials on July 1, 2021 and was commissioned by the Navy December 21, 2021, joining the Pacific Fleet. On September 28, 2021, the Novosibirsk, having made an inter-fleet transition from the Northern to the Pacific Fleet, arrived at the permanent base in Kamchatka.
The second ship under the 2011 contract K-571 Krasnoyarsk (factory number 163) of the modified project 08851 was laid down in Severodvinsk on July 27, 2014, withdrawn from the workshop on July 30, 2021 and entered factory sea trials on June 26, 2022. The delivery of the Krasnoyarsk to the Navy is expected by the end of 2023.
The third under this contract was laid "Arkhangelsk" (factory number 164) on March 19, 2015. Under the 2011 contract, the construction of the serial ships Perm (factory number 165, laid down on July 29, 2016) and Ulyanovsk (factory number 166, laid down on July 28, 2017) is also continuing at the NSR.
In June 2019, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with USC for the construction of two more serial nuclear-powered submarines of project 08851 ("Yasen-M"), which were officially html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> laid down on the NSR on July 20, 2020 under the names "Voronezh" and "Vladivostok" (factory numbers 167 and 168), with contractual deadlines of 2027 and 2028.
The ceremony of the withdrawal of the nuclear submarine K-564 Arkhangelsk (factory number 164) modified project 08851 (project 885M; code "Ash-M") from the workshop of JSC "Production Association "Northern Machine-Building Enterprise". Severodvinsk, 11/29/2023 (c) Oleg Kuleshov and JSC "United Shipbuilding Corporation"
