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Thursday, 16 February 2012

Soviet Union building nuclear submarines according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwsblad van het Noorden dated 13 January 1960

An item reported that according to tidings from Stockholm, Sweden the Soviet Union launched her first nuclear submarine with a displacement of 2,800 tons, more technical details were lacking and which was stationed in the Baltic. At that moment was a second one being build and another four planned. The source for these tidings was the Swedish naval calendar for 1960. This calendar was well known as being very well informed.