 Borei-class SSBN profile (project 955)
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Borei class |
| Builders | Sevmash, designed by Rubin |
| Operators |  Russian Navy |
| Preceded by | Delta IV class, Typhoon class |
| Subclasses | Khabarovsk class |
| Cost | US$713 million[1] |
| Built | 1996–present |
| In commission | 2013–present |
| Planned | 14[2] |
| Building | 3 |
| Completed | 8 |
| Active | 7[3] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | nuclear-powered ballistic missile 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 | |
| Range | Unlimited |
| Test depth | 400 metres (1,300 ft) |
| Complement | 107 total crew |
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The Borei class, alternate transliteration Borey, Russian designation Project 955 Borei and Project 955A Borei-A (Russian: Борей, lit. 'Boreas', NATO reporting name Dolgorukiy), are a series of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines being constructed by Sevmash for the Russian Navy. The class has been replacing the steadily retiring Russian Navy Delta III and Delta IV classes and fully retired (as of February 2023) Typhoon, all three classes being Soviet-era submarines.
Despite being a replacement for many types of SSBNs, Borei-class submarines are much smaller than those of the Typhoon class in both displacement[8] and crew (24000 tons submerged opposed to 48000 tons and 107 personnel as opposed to 160 for the Typhoons). In terms of class, they are more accurately a follow-on for the Delta IV-class SSBNs.
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- ^ "Проект 955". DeepStorm (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Bulava - the lightest ballistic missile of its type". RIA Novosti. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Количество шахтных пусковых установок на АПЛ проекта "Борей" будет увеличено до 20 с четвертого корабля" [The number of silo launchers on the Borey project nuclear submarine will be increased to 20 from the fourth ship]. flotprom.ru (in Russian). 11 March 2012. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
- ^ "Новые АПЛ "Борей-А" будут вооружены 16, а не 20 "Булавами"" [New nuclear submarines "Borey-A" will be armed with 16, not 20 "Bulava"]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 20 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "The world's biggest submarines". Naval-technology.com. 22 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.