RF Navy Northern Fleet unidentified Akula-class nuclear-powered sub (likely "Gepard") departed port on 19 June and remains underway through today. Previous underway periods for "Gepard" in 2025: 23 February-7 March (13 days); 29 March-15 April (18 days); 20-27 April (8 days); 14-27 May (14 days).

Although for the auxiliaries it was a temporary shift in location, for the corvettes, it might have been a permanent move as back in March-April, the admin at Vladivostok and the RU Ministry of Transport imposed a restriction on small vessels leaving in and out of Ulysses Bay.

Russian Navy Submarine Fleet status as of August 2025 There are a lot of diesel sub movements and the curious case of the majority of the RU Pacific Fleet's Borei-A SSBN not being present in July 2025. Some subs would be moved to inactive due to no activity for ~3 years.

🔎🇷🇺Admiral Nakhimov As expected, Admiral Nakhimov is carrying out builder's sea trials in the Dvinsky Bay Caveats apply given the low resolution SAR imagery but she appears to be operating ~50km NW of her berth in Severodvinsk Source: @esa.int Date: 19 August 2025

At Yantar shipyard today, they laid down the fifth member of the Project 11711-class landing ship and the third of the improved Project 11711 class. @saturnax1.bsky.social @kaptainloma.bsky.social @jjdroxford.bsky.social

Project 22010-class oceanographic research vessel Almaz at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad. She's the second ship of a ship class where Yantar is a member of. Her deployment would mirror her sister in that she would be supporting activities of the Main Directorate for Deep Sea Research (GUGI).

Project 22011-class Oceanographic Research Vessel "Vice-Admiral Burilichev" at Vyborg Shipyard after launching. This is an improved version of Yantar (Project 22010) and is named after Vice Admiral Alexei Burilichev, head of GUGI from 2005-2020.

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