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Thursday, October 12, 2006

Russian shipbuilder to start making 4th-generation submarine

Saint-Petersburg Class SubmarineAdmiralty Shipyards, a St. Petersburg-based company, said Thursday it would start the construction of a fourth-generation diesel-electric submarine in November.

"The Project-677 or Lada-class diesel submarine, whose keel will be laid on November 10, will be named after a city of Russian naval glory - Sevastopol," a company source said. "It is to be launched in 2010."

The Sevastopol will be the third Project-677 submarine designed by the Rubin design bureau.

The shipyard said in early August it had started the second round of sea trials of the St. Petersburg, a Project-677 or Lada-class submarine.

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