Russian submarine AS-34

History
Name:	AS-34
Laid down:	January 1988
Launched:	27 August 1989
Commissioned:	30 November 1989
Status:	in active service, as of 2010
General characteristics
Class & 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:	3.3 knots (6.1 km/h; 3.8 mph) maximum 2.3 knots (4.3 km/h; 2.6 mph) cruise 0.5 metres per second (1.6 ft/s) ascent speed
Range:	21 nmi (39 km)
Endurance:	120 hours with 4 aboard 10 hours with 24 aboard
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.

Service record

In 2000 the 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 (2000)