Soviet submarine K-414 Daniil Moskovsky
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B-414 Daniil Moskovsky is a Project 671RTM Schuka (NATO
NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are classified code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc...
: Victor III
Victor class submarine
The Victor class is the NATO reporting name for a type of nuclear-powered submarine that was originally put into service by the Soviet Union around 1967. In the USSR, they were produced as Project 671. Victor-class subs featured a teardrop shape, which allowed them to travel at high speed...
) attack submarine of the Russian Northern Fleet.
The submarine was laid down in 1989, launched and commissioned in 1990.
It was known as K-414 before renaming in 1992. In 1994 B-414 took part in joint combat service with SSBN K-18 of Delta-IV class. In 1996 the submarine was named after Prince Daniil Moskovsky
Daniel of Moscow
Daniil Aleksandrovich was the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky and forefather of all the Grand Princes of Moscow....
, the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Nevsky was the Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir during some of the most trying times in the city's history. Commonly regarded as the key figure of medieval Rus, Alexander was the grandson of Vsevolod the Big Nest and rose to legendary status on account of his military...
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On 6 September 2006, a fire broke out on board killing two sailors.