TASS:
Russia second Project 677 Lada-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK), christened Kronstadt, will undergo a series of trials in 2019, the commander in chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Vladimir Korolyov, told reporters during a visit to the Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering in St. Petersburg this month.
“Serial production of the non-nuclear Lada-class submarines continues. This year, testing will commence on the second non-nuclear Lada-class submarine Kronstadt, which was launched in September 2018,” Korolyov was quoted as saying by TASS news agency on February 22. The Kronstadt, was officially launched at the St. Petersburg-based Admiralty Shipyards on September 20 thirteen years after the SSK was laid down.The construction of the Kronstadt was was suspended in 2011 due to a number of design and technical challenges, in addition to a funding shortage, and only restarted in 2013.
