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The area of Zapadnaya Litsa was originally developed in 1939 as a small naval base for Nazi Germany, at the beginning of World War II, as a result of Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. It was to be used for German ships under the name Basis Nord, but the successful German invasion of Norway the following year quickly rendered the port obsolete. [1]
K-206 Murmansk was a nuclear-powered Oscar-class submarine of the Soviet Navy, and later the Russian Navy. [1] [2] [6] She was the second of the two Oscar I (the Soviet classification was Project 949 Granit) vessels constructed, the other being K-525. A further 11 submarines of an improved class, Project 949A (Antey) (called Oscar II by NATO ...
The Northern Fleet also damaged a total of 118 transport, military, and auxiliary ships. [9] Soviet submarine K-21, under the command of Captain Nikolai Lunin, attacked the German battleship Tirpitz at 71° 22' 2"N, 24° 34' 3"E. [10] The К-21 logbook reports observation of two torpedo explosions, but no damage is reported by German sources.
Norway releases video to NBC News showing Russian submarines off its coast, as it beefs up naval patrols to protect undersea pipeline and telecoms cables.
Map of the Northern Fleet bases. A Russian naval, formerly Soviet, base is located on the shores of the bay. [1] The base supports GUGI (Russian: Главное управление глубоководных исследований (ГУГИ), transcribed as Glavnoye upravlenie glubokovodnikh issledovanii or GUGI) with its objective to operate submarines that are able to dive deep into the ...
Vidyayevo submarine base Murmansk Oblast Nuclear submarines [25] Murmansk-150 (Zaozersk) submarine base Murmansk Oblast Nuclear submarines [26] Gadzhiyevo submarine base Murmansk Oblast Nuclear submarines [27] Polyarny naval base Murmansk Oblast Diesel submarines, corvettes, spy ships, minesweepers, landing ships Murmansk naval base Murmansk Oblast
The Cuban armed forces announced Thursday that Russia will dock three naval vessels and one nuclear-powered submarine at the port in Havana next week. Here’s a look at the nuclear sub, other ...
In 2018, Russia’s largest floating repair dock sank near Murmansk, in northern Russia, damaging Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov. Officials blamed a power outage ...