Borei-K Class Submarine- What We Know Right Now: Moscow’s Project 955 Borei-class submarines were designed following the collapse of the USSR to replace the country’s older Delta and Typhoon ...
What You Need to Know: The Soviet K-27 submarine, part of the November-class, was an experimental vessel powered by lead-bismuth cooled reactors that proved highly problematic. In May 1968 ...
Veterans, serving and trainee submariners came together to remember the 32 individuals whose lives were lost that day.
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union’s navy was a dynamic foe of the West. Notably, the Soviet submarine force was a real challenger to the United States Navy and NATO. Soviet submarine designers ...
However, as with other Soviet submarines of the era­including the Charlie-class, the cruise missiles could only be reloaded in port. Yet, for its self-defense, the K-222 had only four torpedo ...
Serving and former submariners have gathered to remember the victims of the K13 submarine tragedy in the Gareloch.
The Royal Navy staged a poignant weekend of tributes to the 32 people who perished on Gareloch in the K13 disaster in August ...