Russian submarine Alexander Nevsky (K-550)
Alexander Nevsky in Vilyuchinsk.
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| Name: | Alexander Nevsky |
| Namesake: | Alexander Nevsky |
| Builder: | Sevmash |
| Laid down: | 19 March 2004 |
| Launched: | 6 December 2010 |
| Commissioned: | 23 December 2013 |
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| Class and type: | Borei-class submarine |
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| Length: | 170 m (557 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
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| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Complement: | 130 officers and men |
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Russian submarine K-550 Alexander Nevsky is a Russian nuclear ballistic missile submarine of the fourth generation Borei class (Project 955A). Named after the Russian saint Alexander Nevsky, the submarine was laid down in March 2004 and was first planned to be launched in 2009. However budgetary problems and repeated failures of the submarines main weapon, the Bulava SLBM missile, pushed the launch date forward. Russian officials have however claimed that the submarine has been completed on time and even ahead of schedule.
The submarine was to have been rolled out from its construction hall on 30 November 2010. This was postponed to December due to bad weather, according to the shipyard's press service. On 2 December 2010 the submarine was rolled out from its construction hall to floating dock and would be launched at an unknown future date. The submarine was inspected by the Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin on 13 December 2010. With an estimated cost of 23 billion RUR (~$900 million USD), the new submarine has no significant differences from the lead ship, SSBN Yury Dolgorukiy.
On 24 October 2011 the submarine started its sea trials. It was planned to launch the first SLBM from Alexander Nevsky in 2012. The submarine entered service on 23 December 2013.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attended the launch ceremony at the Sevmash shipyard in the northern city of Severodvinsk.
In November 2013, the Defense Ministry said that delivery of the boat would be delayed until 2014 following the failure of an onboard missile system during sea trials in September. The malfunction was the latest in a string of eight failures of the new Bulava missile – developed for the new Borei-class submarines – out of a total of 19 or 20 launches. The new Borei-class boats are currently incapable of performing their primary role of nuclear deterrence while the Bulava has not yet been cleared for service, a navy command source said on November 1. Alexander Nevsky, with a length of nearly two football fields, can carry sixteen Bulava missiles, each fitted with up to ten independently targetable nuclear warheads. The first ship of the Borei class, Yury Dolgorukiy, entered service on 10 January 2013.
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