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Priz-class deep-submergence rescue vehicle
AS-26 is a
Priz-class
deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV), or rescue mini-submarine, which went into service in 1987.
[1] The DSRV first entered service with the
Soviet Navy but became part of the
Russian Navy after the
dissolution of the Soviet Union .
Operations
Before June 1995 AS-26 was first assigned to the
Soviet and then to Russia's
Northern Fleet . From then on the DSRV was assigned to Russia's
Baltic Fleet .
[1]
It is deployed from the
Kashtan-class salvage ship
SS-750 . The two have participated in submarine rescue exercises in the
Baltic Sea .
[2]
[3]
On 22 September 2022, the AS-26 and its
mother ship SS-750 were observed by the
Royal Danish Navy patrol boat
HDMS Nymfen above the route of the
Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline four days before the pipeline was
sabotaged .
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