Professor Molchanov

Professor Molchanov
Профессор Молчанов

Professor Molchanov in Barentsburg

Ship data flag  Russia Ship type Research ship class Akademik-Schuleykin class home port Murmansk , Russia Owner Oceanwide Expeditions Shipyard Valmetin Oy Laivateollisuus Ab , Turku Build number 344 Launch December 28, 1982 Commissioning December 28, 1982

Ship dimensions and crew length 69.70 m ( Lüa ) width 12.80 m Draft Max. 4.50 m displacement 1753 tn.l.   crew 32 men

Machine system machine Diesel-mechanical 2 × diesel engines (Sudovye Dizeli 6ChRN 36/45), each 1,147 kW Machine performance 2,294 kW (3,119 hp) Top speed 10 kn (19 km / h) propeller 2

Others Classifications Russian Maritime Register of Shipping Registration numbers IMO no. : 8010348

The Professor Molchanov ( Russian Профессор Молчанов ) is an ice-reinforced ( ice class UL / 1A Super) research and cruise ship of the Akademik-Schuleykin class named after the Soviet meteorologist Pavel Moltschanow .

Professor Molchanov

The research ship of the Akademik-Schuleykin class, launched in a Finnish shipyard at the end of 1982, was commissioned by the Soviet Union , to which it was delivered after completion.

Until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the ship was used as a research vessel for Arctic and oceanological research. It made 34 trips including three worldwide hydrological research trips.

The new owner converted the ship into a cruise ship for trips in the far north. The home port of the almost 70 m long ship is the northern Russian city of Murmansk .

Professor Molchanov's sister ship , the Akademik Shokalskiy , gained notoriety in December 2013 after it got stuck in the ice on an Antarctic tour and the passengers had to be rescued. Further sister ships of Professor Molchanov are: Akademik Schuleykin , Professor Multanovskiy , Arnold Veimer , Akademik Gamburtsyev , Geologist Dmitriy Nalivkin , Professor Polshkov , Akademik Golitsyn and Professor Khromov .

Web links

Commons : Professor Molchanov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Oceanwide-Expeditions.com
• Professor Molchanov on news.rambler.ru

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Russian shipping register last accessed on December 13, 2013 (Russian)
2. ↑ m / v Professor Molchanov ( English ) Oceanwide Expeditions. Archived from the original on January 1, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
3. ↑ "Профессор Молчанов" отправляется на остров Врангеля ( Russian ) In: korabel.ru . August 5, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
4. ^ Professor Molchanov ( English ) Adventure Associates. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
5. ↑ Russian Maritime Register of Shipping: Technical and administrative data of the Polar Pioneer . Retrieved October 10, 2011 .