Xue Long 2

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xuě Lóng 2 p1
Ship data
flag China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Ship type Icebreaker , research ship
Callsign BSIA9
home port Shanghai , China
Owner Polar Research Institute of China
Shipyard Jiangnan Shipyard , People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
Launch September 10, 2018
Ship dimensions and crew
length
122.5 m ( Lüa )
118.5 m ( Lpp )
width 22.3 m
Side height 11.8 m
Draft Max. 7.85 m
displacement 14,300 tons
measurement 12,769 GT / 3,830 NRZ
 
crew 90
Machine system
machine Diesel-electric drive
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		15,000 kW (20,394 hp)
Top
speed 		15 kn (28 km / h)
Energy
supply 		2 × Wärtsilä 16V32
2 × Wärtsilä 12V32
propeller 2 × ABB - propeller pod
Transport capacities
Furnishing
Infrastructure

Helipad

Others
Classifications China Classification Society
Registration
numbers 		IMO number: 9829241

The Xue Long 2 ( Chinese  雪龍2 , Pinyin Xue Lóng 2 ) is an icebreaker - research vessel of the Polar Research Institute of China . It is the successor to the Xue Long , China's first icebreaker.

history

The € 5 million design contract for China's first domestically built polar research vessel was signed with Finnish engineering firm Aker Arctic in 2012 , but construction by the Chinese Jiangnan Shipyard did not begin until December 2016. The ship entered service on July 11, 2019 posed. The Xue Long 2 will serve as a supply ship for China's research facilities in the Arctic and Antarctic . The ship, which can break ice up to 1.5 meters thick, is also involved in the MOSAiC expedition .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ China Launches Icebreaker Xuelong 2 . The Maritime Executive, September 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c d China builds first polar research ship . The Motorship. April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b First Chinese-built polar icebreaker gets name . Xinhua. October 10, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ China builds first polar research ship . The Motorship, April 17, 2018.
  5. ↑ New icebreaker planned by 2016: officials . China Daily. January 6, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ Icebreaker Xuelong 2 joins service on China national maritime day . Global Times. July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  7. ↑ Christoph Seidler: “Polarstern”: Eisbrecher starts polar expedition “Mosaic” in the Arctic. Der Spiegel, accessed April 2, 2020 .