SAINT PETERSBURG, June 26. /ITAR-TASS/. The first serial Project 636.3 Varshavyanka diesel-electric submarine Rostov-on-Don has been launched at the Admiralteyskie Verfi shipyard in St. Petersburg. The submarine will join Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

Five more Project 636.3 submarines are supposed to be built for the Black Sea Fleet. The launching ceremony in this photo gallery by ITAR-TASS.