Inside the Russian Navy’s Borei-class ballistic missile submarine

Interesting photos from K-535 Yuriy Dolgorukiy. The first Borei-class ballistic missile submarine of the Project 955 in service with the Russian Navy.

Name:Yury Dolgorukiy
Namesake:Yuriy Dolgorukiy
Builder:Sevmash
Laid down:2 November 1996
Launched:13 February 2008
Commissioned:10 January 2013
Status:In active service
General characteristics
Class and type:Borei-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 14,720 t (14,488 long tons) surfaced
  • 24,000 t (23,621 long tons) submerged
Length:170 m (557 ft 9 in)
Beam:13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
Draught:10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:
  • 1 × OK-650B nuclear reactor
  • 1 × AEU steam turbine
  • 1 shaft
Speed:25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement:130 officers and men
Armament:
  • 16 × Bulava SLBMs
  • 6 × SS-N-15 cruise missiles (21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes)