![]() Initially, the Akula II submarine was scheduled to be delivered to India in August 2007. The submarine, renamed INS Chakra was recommissioned by the Indian Navy in April 2012. The vessel was completed at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard and commissioned to the Russian Navy in December 2009. The Indian Navy signed an agreement with Russia to lease a new Akula II submarine, the SSN Nerpa, for ten years. So far only three Akula II submarines, with advanced machinery-quietening technology, have been built. ![]() The oldest submarine, Akula I, is likely to be removed from service by 2015, while the Gepard Akula II is expected be withdrawn from service by 2025.Ĭonstruction of Akula II began in 1991, but it was suspended for a period of ten years due to lack of funds. They have a maximum speed of 35kt submerged and a maximum diving depth of 600m. The Akula II submarines are 110m long and displace up to 12,770t. The first, Viper, was commissioned in 1995, the second, Nerpa, in December 2000 and the third, Gepard, in August 2001. Three Akula II submarines, with hull length extended by 4m and advanced machinery-quietening technology, have been built. ![]() The Akula Class submarine was deployed for the first time in 1986 by the Soviet Navy. The improved Akula I and Akula II are also designated as Project 971U and Project 971A respectively. Seven Akula I submarines were commissioned between 19, and three Improved Akula between 19. The submarines were built by the Amur Shipbuilding Plant Joint Stock Company at Komsomolsk-on-Amur and by Sevmash at the Severodvinsk shipbuilding yard. A number of Russian Akula class submarines are deployed in the Pacific region. The Russian Navy has 14 Bars Class project 971 submarines known in the West as the Akula Class nuclear-powered submarines ( SSN).
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