Russian submarine AS-26

AS-26 is a Priz-class deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV), or rescue mini-submarine, which went into service in 1987. 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.

It is deployed from the Kashtan-class salvage vessel salvage ship RUSSIAN SALVAGE SHIP SS-750. The two have participated in submarine rescue exercises in the Baltic Sea.

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.