Submarine Nerpa leaves shipyard for tests after Nov test failure

[sudhir007]

VLADIVOSTOK, July 10 (Itar-Tass) -- The nuclear-powered submarine Nerpa left the Vostok plant, the city of Bolshoi Kamen (the branch of the Amur ship repair plant in the Primorsky Territory) for the Sea of Japan on Friday for the second-time testing, an Amur plant source told Itar-Tass.

On November 8, 2008, a fire-extinguishing system was automatically activated with freon discharge aboard the submarine during the tests in the Sea of Japan. The submarine was not commissioned yet for the Russian Navy. Twenty people died in the accident, and 21 with poisoning were hospitalised. Three of those who died were servicemen, and the rest 17 were civilians -- workers of the Zvezda, Amur and Era plants. Tests of the new submarine were postponed indefinitely.

The Nerpa of Project 971 is a third-generation submarine. The maximum speed is 30 knots. The maximum submersion depth is 600 metres. Its autonomous trip may last 100 days. It has four 533-millimetre and four of 650-millimetre-calibre torpedo systems.

ITAR-TASS

 

[sudhir007]

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Sea trials of Russia's Nerpa nuclear sub to continue for 2 weeks | Top Russian news and analysis online | 'RIA Novosti' newswire

MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti) - Sea trials of Russia's Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine, which was damaged in a fatal accident during previous tests, will continue for about two weeks, a high-ranking defense official said on Friday.

The vessel resumed sea trials on Friday in the Sea of Japan following extensive repairs.

"The sea trials of the Nerpa nuclear submarine will continue for two weeks. All damage on the vessel found during the investigation of the accident has been repaired," the source told RIA Novosti.

On November 8, 2008, while the Nerpa was undergoing sea trials in the Sea of Japan, its on-board fire suppression system went off, releasing a deadly gas into the sleeping quarters. Three crewmembers and 17 shipyard workers were killed. There were 208 people, 81 of them submariners, on board the vessel at the time.

Following the repairs, which cost an estimated 1.9 billion rubles (about $60 mln), the submarine was cleared for final sea trials before being commissioned with the Russian Navy and leased to the Indian Navy by the end of 2009.

India reportedly paid $650 million for a 10-year lease of the 12,000-ton K-152 Nerpa, an Akula II class nuclear-powered attack submarine.

Akula II class vessels are considered the quietest and deadliest of all Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines.

 

[ouiouiouiouiouioui]

i dont know why people create these threads..."Submarine Nerpa leaves.......

what does this thread means...what signficance it has....????...probably if somebody can explain

moderators please advise people not to create such threads..we have already cracked this subject outa hell

 

[Jako]

i dont know why people create these threads..."Submarine Nerpa leaves.......

what does this thread means...what signficance it has....????...probably if somebody can explain

moderators please advise people not to create such threads..we have already cracked this subject outa hell

i think this the only thread regarding nerpa(correct me if i'm wrong).....AND THIS ARE NEWS,WE CAN CONTINUE UPDATING BOUT THE NERPA PROJECT AND PROGRESS HERE,so nothing wrong with it

 

[ouiouiouiouiouioui]

if it is regarding capabilities....it has already been discussed..we all knew that nerpa will be handed to india...so whats the point in this thread...if it is leaving or coming or so on...,,it has got no meaning..what we can discuss here with this subject line of the thread..

 

[notting hill]

if it is regarding capabilities....it has already been discussed..we all knew that nerpa will be handed to india...so whats the point in this thread...if it is leaving or coming or so on...,,it has got no meaning..what we can discuss here with this subject line of the thread..

oui , seriously man you are absolutly right .. if someone has nothing to add to the thread he or she shouldn't contribute but not every person here is as brainy as yu are and hence they are contributing in a some way .i tell you those people are good for nothing ppl . if you have ever visited previous threads like AWACS and MRCA you would know about the true meaning of discussion.its not just about end to end but also what happens in the mid .. insane ppl like us are OBSESSED with nerpa and want to see the progress it makes durng tests .do you have a problem with that?? if you have can't be helped buddy .. may be you are in a wrong thread..well atleast dats what i think. i wonder why ppl are discussing mrca when it still hasn't been decided which option india is goin to opt for and all the capabilities have been discussed in detail and you know we have even shortlisted which option india is goin to go for . . this thread is for useless ppl like me who have nothing else to do but be on defence.pk and we absolutly love it ... you seriousy dont have to waste your time reading the views..