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K-19 was ordered by the Soviet Navy on 16 October 1957. [4] Her keel was laid on 17 October 1958 at the naval yard in Severodvinsk. Several workers died building the submarine: two workers were killed when a fire broke out, and later six women gluing rubber lining to a water cistern were fatally poisoned by inhaling fumes. [3]
Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev (Russian: Николай Владимирович Затеев; c. June 30, 1926 – 28 August 1998) was a Russian submariner and a Captain First Rank in the Soviet Navy, notable as the commander of the ill-fated Soviet submarine K-19 in July 1961 during the Hotel class submarine's nuclear-reactor coolant leak.
The submarine eventually made contact with a Soviet diesel submarine, S-270, which reported the accident to the fleet command. Korchilov was transferred to S-270 and then to Moscow for medical treatment. [1] Korchilov received a radiation dose of 54 Sv (5400 rem). He died on July 10, 1961, in Moscow at Hospital No. 6. [1] [6] The accident on ...
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This class of submarine possessed better ventilation and air conditioning systems than any other class of Soviet submarine in World War II. They had amenities such as a bunk for every sailor, small cabins for each officer, showers, electric heaters (this class was designed to operate primarily in the Arctic), and an electric galley.
On 28 March 2019, it launched a Kalibr cruise missile from a pier at its homebase. Previously, such launches were not possible. [17] The submarine again launched Kalibr cruise missile during the Grom-2019 strategic nuclear exercise on 17 October 2019. [18] In Autumn 2019, she reportedly participated in the largest post-Cold War Russian ...
The first submarine entered service in the Soviet Navy in 1980, and the class remains in use with the Russian Navy today; around 11 original Kilo-class vessels believed to still be in active service with the Russian Navy (as of 2023), while new Improved Kilo–class subs are being delivered through the 2020s to replace them. About forty vessels ...
I intended on writing about the Wreckage of the K-219, when I discovered that an archived version had a claim in which it is stated that: 'In 1988, the Soviet hydrographic research ship Keldysh positioned itself over the wreck of K-219, and found the submarine sitting upright on the sandy bottom. It had broken in two, aft of the conning tower.