Kapitan Dranitsyn

Kapitan Dranitsyn in 2006
History
Russia
NameKapitan Dranitsyn
OwnerRussian Federation
OperatorMurmansk Shipping Company
Port of registryMurmansk,  Russia[1]
BuilderWärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland
Yard number429
Launched1975
Completed2 December 1980[1]
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeIcebreaker
Tonnage
Displacement14,917 tons
Length129.02 m (423.3 ft) (overall)
Beam26.54 m (87.1 ft)
Draft8.50 m (27.9 ft)
Depth12.30 m (40.4 ft)
Ice classRMRS LL3
Installed power6 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer 9ZL40/48 (6 × 3,040 kW)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric; three shafts (3 × 5,400 kW)
  • Three 4-bladed fixed-pitch propellers
Speed
  • 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) in open water
  • 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) in 1.3 m (4.3 ft) level ice[2]
Capacity102 passengers
Crew60
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter deck

Kapitan Dranitsyn (Russian: «Капитан Драницын») is a Russian icebreaker, built in Finland for the former Soviet Union. Since October 1995 she has been used as a research vessel by AARI.[3] She also offers excursions in the Arctic Ocean north of Russia.

  1. ^ a b c "Kapitan Dranitsyn (790179)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
  2. ^ The world icebreaker, ice breaking supply and research vessel fleet Archived October 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Baltic Ice Management, February 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. ^ "Information on RV Kapitan Dranitsyn". Federal Target Program World Ocean (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2008-08-15.