It will remain in combat formation at least until the end of the year," another source told TASS.
The ship is currently performing combat training tasks at sea, participating in combat training activities. "Recent reports about the withdrawal of Dmitry Donskoy from the Russian Navy do not correspond to reality.
"Then the specialists will have to assess the technical condition of the ship and the stock of nuclear fuel," the source said. Meanwhile, several unnamed sources in the shipbuilding industry and law enforcement agencies in the north of Russia offered conflicting information to TASS regarding the Dmitry Donskoy, following RIA Novosti's report.Ī TASS source in the shipbuilding industry told the news agency that a decision on the future fate of the submarine would be made no earlier than December this year. The Russian Akula class submarines, or shark in Russian (ironically, NATO would name a class of Russian attack subs the Akula class, and not this boat). The submarine had been due to be phased out over the coming decades by the new Borei class of nuclear-powered strategic submarines, according to a report from The National Interest.
It was commissioned just three months ago, in early July 2022. The K-329 Belgorod is a variation of the Oscar-II class of Russian submarine fleet, designed for special operations. Decommissioning of the submarine is an issue of five years, at least," the source said. Thus, it is useful to properly understand what the Belgorod does and how Russia´s fleets are distributed, and how dangerous is Russian submarine activity. "There are military training events planned for 2021 involving the cruiser. In January 2021, a military insider source told Russia's state-run news agency TASS that the Russian Navy had no immediate plans to decommission Dmitry Donskoy. It isn't clear why the two submarines were in the White Sea, close to Russia's northwestern coast. #OSINT #SubSunday /j3fbsCTWjR- H I Sutton June 26, 2022 These subs are ginormous, much bigger than anything in the West, even the US Navy's Ohio Classīelgorod is on trials. The vessel's last reported activity was in the sea trials of SSN Krasnoyarsk in September 2022.2 largest submarines in the world, Belgorod (K-239) and Dmitriy Donskoi (TK-208) (TYPHOON Class) caught on surface in White Sea While it was reported in July 2022 that the vessel had been terminated, no official confirmation was expected until the end of the year. Dmitry Donskoy had a displacement of around 53,000 tons and was modernized and re-equipped in 2002 with the "Bulava" missile. It was the first of six Akula-class Northern Fleet submarines laid down at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk on the White Sea which were commissioned in the 1980s.Īt 574 feet long, Dmitry Donskoy's status as the world's largest submarine was overtaken by the 608-feet-long Belgorod nuclear submarine, which was commissioned in July 2022. In 2021, Russia's state news agency Tass reported that the vessel would stay in service until 2026. There had been speculation for months about the fate of the submarine, which had been launched in 1980 and whose NATO reporting name was Typhoon.
The Russian Navy has confirmed it has decommissioned its nuclear-powered strategic submarine Dmitry Donskoy, which formed part of Moscow's formidable Cold War weapon system.
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