Rossiya (ship, 1985)

Rossiya

Rossiya in Murmansk (2012)

Ship data flag  Russia Ship type Icebreaker class Arktika- class Callsign UCJU home port Murmansk Owner Russian Federation Shipping company FGUP Atomflot (part of RosAtom ) Shipyard Baltic plant , Saint Petersburg Keel laying February 20, 1981 Launch November 2nd 1983 Commissioning December 21, 1985 Decommissioning July 10, 2013 Whereabouts hung up

Ship dimensions and crew length 150.0 m ( Lüa ) 136.0 m ( KWL ) width 30.0 m Side height 17.2 m Draft Max. 11.0 m displacement 22,920 t measurement 20,680 GT / 6,204 NRZ   crew 142 men

Machine system machine Turbo-electric nuclear reactor steam turbines Machine performance 75,000 PS (55,162 kW) Top speed 20.5 kn (38 km / h) propeller 3 × fixed propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 2,713 dw

Others Classifications Russian Maritime Register of Shipping Registration numbers IMO no. 8424240

The atomic icebreaker Rossiya ( Russian Россия , German transcription Rossija , in German "Russia") is the second largest icebreaker in the world after the 50 Let Pobedy .

The Rossiya has a water displacement of 22,920 tons, nuclear propulsion and an engine output of 55,000 kW or 75,000 hp and can break ice up to five meters thick.

The ship needs about 300 grams of uranium per day at 10  kn continuous travel.

history

The keel laying of the nuclear icebreaker of the modernized Arktika project (Project 10521) took place on February 20, 1981 at the Baltic plant in Leningrad . The launch took place on November 2, 1983. On December 21, 1985 the ship was put into operation and used in the Arctic . In January 1989 it participated in the rescue of the polar station SP-28. In 1990 the ship went to the North Pole for the first time in world history with western tourists on board as a cruise ship . The ship may only be used in the Far North; the Rossiya can not sail independently in warm waters, because the nuclear reactors on board need cold water for cooling.

On September 17, 2011, the ship left the home port in Murmansk for the North Pole with the "Arktika-2011" expedition on board.

Captains of the Rossiya

• Anatoly Alexejewitsch Lamechow (1984 to 2010), hero of socialist work
• AM Spirin (since 2010)

Web links

Commons : Rossiya  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} ship data at equasis.org. Accessed April 28, 2012 (registration required). 
2. ^ Atomic icebreaker Rossiya
3. ↑ Technical data (Russian) ( Memento from March 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), in the Internet archive
4. ↑ Мурманский атомоход отправится в экспедицию на Северный полюс Report of the Komsomolskaya Pravda of September 12, 2011. (Russian)