Vitegra is a small Russian city near Onega Lake that connects river systems of the north-western and central parts of Russia. There is an interesting museum inside submarine B-440 in Vitegra. It was opened in 2005 on the city embankment. We are just about to drop by.
Submarine B-440 of project 641 was launched in 1970 in Leningrad. Till the end of the 80s it had been serving in the Soviet Northern Fleet, participated in different campaigns, sailed to various parts of the global ocean. In 1989 it was “caught” by the sweeping gear of a Norwegian fishing vessel, then it was repaired in Kronstadt and subsequently entered the Baltic Fleet. The submarine was put out of operation in 1989, in 2003-20it was reequiped to become a museum and transported to Vitegra.
In the nose part of the submarine are six torpedo tubes, torpedo firing and bow planes control devices, mine and torpedo racks, gears for mine and torpedo loading, beds for personnel.
Covers of the torpedo tubes and the torpedo firing control device.
The lower deck of the second compartment. Here used to be accumulator plants but now this space is used for an exposition of the Russian submarine fleet history and the history of the submarine B-440 itself.
Another accumulator room (the forth compartment of the submarine). Presently it accomodates a part of the museum exposition and a conference-hall. The hold of the third compartment used to the place of the main drainage pump, a freezer and a storeroom.
This stand shows location of other similar ship-museums (there are some in Russia and abroad).
Cabin of the assistant commander.
In the chief cabin.
Bulkhead between the second and the third compartment.
The third compartment serves as a central post, the major command post of the submarine. It’s the heart of the ship from where the main control over the submarine and its armament is executed.
Shipboard communication console and smothering indicator board.
The third compartment has the “main entry” to the submarine – the hatch leading to the conning tower.
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