On October 11, 2024, the launch ceremony of the large diesel-electric submarine B-610 Yakutsk (factory number 01619), which is under construction for the Navy of the Russian Federation, took place in St. Petersburg at JSC Admiralty Shipyards (part of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation - JSC USC) project 06363. This is the last, sixth submarine of the 06363 project, being built for the Pacific Fleet.
The large diesel-electric submarine B-610 Yakutsk (factory number 01619) of project 06363, which is under construction for the Russian Navy, before launching at Admiralty Shipyards JSC. St. Petersburg, 11.10.2024 (c) Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
The contract for the construction of a series of six large diesel-electric submarines of Project 06363 for the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy between the Ministry of Defense of Russia and JSC Admiralty Shipyards was signed on September 7, 2016 within the framework of the International Military Technical Forum Army 2016. Under the terms of the contract, the first ship was to be delivered to the customer by November 25, 2019, and the construction of the entire series was scheduled to be completed in 2022.
Previously, Admiralty Shipyards built six Project 06363 submarines for the Black Sea Fleet under contracts in 2010 and 2011, which were commissioned by the Russian Navy in 2014-2016. Project 06363 was developed by JSC CB MT Rubin (St. Petersburg) and is an upgrade of projects 877 and 636.
The laying of the first two boats B-274 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and B-603 Volkhov (factory numbers 01614 and 01615, respectively) of project 06363 for the Pacific Fleet was carried out at Admiralty Shipyards on July 28, 2017. The B-274 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky lead boat was launched on March 28, 2019, entered factory sea trials on August 16, 2019 and was delivered to the Russian Navy on November 25, 2019.
The second boat B-603 Volkhov was launched on December 26, 2019, entered factory sea trials on July 18, 2020 and was transferred to the fleet on October 24, 2020. Since August 2021, the B-274 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and B-603 Volkhov submarines, accompanied by the new Gremyashchy corvette of Project 20385, have made an inter-fleet crossing from the Baltic through the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Fleet base, arriving in Vladivostok on November 30, 2021.
The official laying of the third and fourth submarines B-602 Magadan and B-588 Ufa (factory numbers 01616 and 01617, respectively) under this contract was carried out on November 1, 2019. The Magadan submarine was launched on March 26, 2021, entered factory sea trials on June 25, 2021, and was commissioned into the Navy on October 12, 2021. On August 6, 2022, the Magadan submarine left the Baltic for the transition to the Far East, and after passing the Baltic Straits, the North and Norwegian Seas, arrived in the Polar, and then made the transition along the Northern Sea Route, arriving on October 9, 2022 at the base in Vladivostok and becoming the third boat of project 06363, which entered the composition of the TOP.
The Ufa submarine was launched on March 31, 2022, entered factory sea trials on June 25, 2022, and was commissioned into the Russian Navy on November 16, 2022. In December 2023, the Ufa boat arrived as part of the permanent formation of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea, and after a 10-month stay in Tartus (Syria), on October 1, 2024, it began a transition from there along the southern route through the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean to Vladivostok.
On August 23, 2021, the ceremony of laying the fifth and sixth submarines B-608 Mozhaisk (factory number 01618) and B-610 Yakutsk (factory number 01619) under this contract was held at Admiralty Shipyards JSC. The Mozhaisk submarine was launched on April 27, 2023, put to sea for the first [...] time for factory sea trials on August 27, 2023, and was commissioned into the Russian Navy on November 28, 2023.
Now the sixth submarine Yakutsk, the final in the series for the Pacific Fleet, has been launched, which will be commissioned only in 2025.
On August 25, 2020, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract for the construction of another large submarine of project 06363 (according to preliminary data, it was named Petrozavodsk), and on August 16, 2022, a contract for the construction of three more submarines of project 06363. None of these boats have been laid yet.
In 2023, information was published that a series of six large diesel-electric submarines of project 06363 is also planned for the Northern Fleet, and that "the decision on construction has already been made, but the contract has not been signed," and its implementation "will begin no earlier than 2024." The lead submarine of this type for the Northern Fleet was supposed to be named Mariupol. There is no data on the development of these plans.
Launching ceremony at Admiralty Shipyards JSC of the large diesel-electric submarine B-610 Yakutsk (serial number 01619) of the 06363 project under construction for the Russian Navy. St. Petersburg, 11.10.2024 (c) The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation
Physical launching from the Luga launching dock of the large diesel-electric submarine B-610 Yakutsk (serial number 01619) of the 06363 project under construction at Admiralty Shipyards JSC for the Russian Navy. Saint Petersburg, 11.10.2024 (c) Alexey Akentiev / akentyev_alex@mail.ru / vk.com/marinist_spb
