The Russian Navy has expanded its fleet with the Yasen-M class multi-purpose nuclear submarine Arkhangelsk.

This was reported by the Russian publication Media Deck.

The ship’s ceremonial acceptance into the Russian Navy took place on December 27 at the Sevmash plant. It was the fourth ship of this design and became part of the 11th Submarine Division of the Northern Fleet.

The ship was commissioned in August 2016. The submarine left the slipway at the end of November 2023 and operational sea tests began in June 2024.

The fourth nuclear submarine of the Yasen-M class Arkhangelsk during the transfer to Sevmash. Photo credit: Media Deck.

During the ceremony, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseev, noted that the construction of a number of submarines of this design continues.

According to him, the fleet will soon include four more Yasen-MU boats: Perm, Ulyanovsk, Voronezh and Vladivostok.

Boats of this type can be equipped with Oniks cruise missiles, Kalibr cruise missiles and 533 mm torpedoes.

In the future, ships of this class will be modernized for the use of Zircon hypersonic missiles.

The fourth nuclear submarine of the Yasen-M class Arkhangelsk during the transfer to Sevmash. Photo credit: Media Deck.

The nuclear propulsion system allows the ship to reach speeds of up to 16 knots above water and move submerged at speeds of 28 to 31 knots. The maximum immersion depth is 480 meters.

With a length of 130 meters and a width of 13 meters, the underwater displacement of this submarine is 13.8 thousand tons. The crew consists of 90 people.

The official acceptance ceremony for the third Yasen-M class submarine took place in December 2023. At that time the ship was handed over to the 10th Submarine Division of the Pacific Fleet.

The Krasnoyarsk submarine itself was commissioned in 2014 and launched in July 2021, after which factory tests began.