Sisu (ship)

Sisu

Sisu and Urho in Helsinki

Ship data flag  Finland Ship type Icebreaker Callsign OHMW home port Helsinki Owner Arctia Shipping Oy Shipyard Oy Wärtsilä Ab , Helsinki Whereabouts in motion

Ship dimensions and crew length 101.6 m ( Lüa ) width 23.8 m Draft Max. 8.3 m displacement 9660  t measurement 7,525 GT / 2,258 NRZ   crew 33

Machine system machine diesel-electric Machine performance 16,200 kW (22,026 hp) Top speed 19 kn (35 km / h)

Others Registration numbers IMO no. : 7359656

The Sisu is a Finnish icebreaker of Urho- or Atle class , which in 1971 Wärtsilä - shipyard in Helsinki was ordered. The Sisu is 101.6 meters long and 23.8 meters wide. She has a draft of 8.3 meters. With a wave power of 16.2  megawatts , it reaches a speed of 19 knots in open water . Her home port is Helsinki.

The Sisu and her sister ship Urho were Finland's largest icebreakers until the Polaris was built. The name is derived from the Finnish term sisu .

The ship is owned by Arctia Shipping Oy, the successor company to the Finnish Shipping Enterprise (FINSTASHIP).

Web links

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

• Arctia Shipping Oy website

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Ship data on Equasis , accessed on February 21, 2011
2. ↑ Aker Arctic Technology References ( Memento of July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 24, 2019