Lenin (1916 icebreaker)

The ship as Lenin
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Alexander
Builder	Armstrong Whitworth, Low Walker
Yard number	905
Laid down	June 1916
Launched	23 December 1916
Completed	June 1917
Commissioned	September 1917
Decommissioned	1919
Fate	Handed over to White Russian forces, 1919
Soviet Union
Name	1919: Lenin 1957: Vladimir Ilich Lenin
Namesake	Vladimir Lenin
Acquired	c.1919
Out of service	1968
Fate	Scrapped, 1977
General characteristics
Type	Icebreaker
Tonnage	3,375 GRT, 1,330 NRT
Displacement	5,600 tonnes
Length	264.2 ft (80.5 m)
Beam	64.1 ft (19.5 m)
Draught	21.2 ft (6.5 m)
Installed power	1,038 NHP
Propulsion	2 × screws at stern 1 × screw at bow 3 × triple expansion engines

Lenin (Russian: Ленин) was a Russian icebreaker originally built in England for the Russian Empire. Launched in 1916, before going into service for Russia, the ship first served in the Royal Navy during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. It was eventually acquired by the Soviet Union and served through World War II, and was scrapped in 1977.