| History | |
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| Name: | AS-34 |
| Laid down: | January 1988 |
| Launched: | 27 August 1989 |
| Commissioned: | 30 November 1989 |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Priz-class deep-submergence rescue vehicle |
| Displacement: | 55 tonnes (54 long tons) |
| Length: | 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Height: | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Speed: |
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| Range: | 21 nmi (39 km) |
| Endurance: |
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| Test depth: | 1,000 m (3,300 ft) |
| Capacity: | 20 passengers |
| Crew: | 5 |
AS-34 is a Russian Priz-class deep-submergence rescue vehicle, or rescue mini-submarine, which went into service in 1989.[1]
Service record
In 2000, AS-34 was stationed aboard the rescue ship Rudnetsky and participated in operations to attempt a rescue of personnel from the sunken submarine Kursk. The submarine managed to reach Kursk but was unable to establish a seal to fully dock on the ninth compartment and effect rescue.
See also
- Kursk submarine disaster – sinking of Soviet submarine Kursk in Barents Sea, August 2000
References
- ^ "Deep-diving autonomous underwater vehicle - Project 1855". russianships.info. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.