Russian submarine Sankt Peterburg
Sankt Peterburg in 2010 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Russia | |
| Name | B-585 Sankt Peterburg |
| Namesake | City of Saint Petersburg |
| Ordered | Unknown |
| Builder | Admiralty Shipyard |
| Laid down | 26 December 1997 |
| Launched | 28 October 2004 |
| Commissioned | 8 May 2010 |
| Decommissioned | 5 February 2024 |
| Status | Decommissioned, to be scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lada-class diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | 2,800 tons submerged; 1,675 tons surfaced |
| Beam | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced; 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) submerged |
| Range | 1,050 km (650 mi) submerged at cruising speed |
| Endurance | 45 days |
| Test depth | 300 m (984 ft) |
| Complement | 35 |
| Armament | 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for 18 × torpedoes or missiles or 44 × naval mines |
B-585 Sankt Peterburg (Russian: Б-585 «Санкт-Петербург»; named after Saint Petersburg) is the lead boat of the Lada-class submarines of the Russian Navy. The Lada class is the fourth generation of diesel-electric submarines designed and constructed in the former Soviet Union and Russia to replace the Kilo class. Construction of the boat started in December 1997, and she was launched in October 2004. After undergoing a series of sea trials, Sankt Peterburg was commissioned in May 2010. However, the Russian Navy decided not to accept the St. Petersburg class after it was discovered that the boat's propulsion and sonar systems were inadequate. After design corrections the submarine was accepted. In 2014, Sankt Peterburg joined the Northern Fleet. In 2023, it was reported that due to the extremely high costs of modernising the submarine, the Sankt Peterburg was to be decommissioned and scrapped, with the funds being diverted to new submarine construction.