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Delta III class Ballistic Missile Submarine built for Soviet/Russian Navy
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History
 Russia
NameK-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets
NamesakeSaint George the Victorious
Laid down24 August 1978
Launched20 June 1980
Completed15 December 1980
Commissioned1981
Decommissioned1997
Out of service2018
Reinstated2004
FateRetired from service
General characteristics
Displacement
  • 13,500 tons
  • 18,200 tons
Length166 m (544 ft 7 in)
Beam12.3 m (39 ft 6 in)
Draught8.8 m (29 ft)
Installed power2 × pressurized water reactors
Propulsion2 × steam turbines, 60,000 horsepower (45,000 kW)
Speed
  • 14 kn (16 mph) surfaced
  • 24 kn (28 mph) submerged
Complement135
Armament16 R-29R (SS-N-18) missiles and four 533 millimetres (21.0 in) torpedo tubes

K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets (Russian: К-433 «Святой Георгий Победоносец», lit.'Saint George the Victorious') is a Russian Project 667BDR Kalmar class (NATO reporting name: Delta III) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. The submarine was built for the Soviet Navy and has continued to serve in the Russian Navy. K-433 was put in reserve in 1997 and remained there until 2004 when it was recommissioned. As of 2018, it is on active duty.

The submarine is slated to be retired and replaced by the Borei class submarine in the coming years.

On October 28, 2010 the submarine carried out a successful R-29R missile test. The submarine sustained minor damage when a fishing vessel collided with it on September 22, 2011.

K-433 in drydock

References

  1. RT Documentary (2018-09-23), K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets: Nuclear Triad Workhorse, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-10-29
  2. "K-433 Svyatoi Georgy Pobedonosets".
  3. Defense News
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