Murmansk (2015 icebreaker)

Murmansk under construction in Helsinki, Finland, in June 2015
History
Russia
NameMurmansk (Мyрманск)
NamesakeMurmansk
OwnerRosmorport[1]
Port of registrySaint Petersburg[2]
Ordered
BuilderArctech Helsinki Shipyard (Helsinki, Finland)[5]
Cost
  • About RUB 4 billion[6]
  • About 100 million euro[5]
Yard number509[2]
Laid down26 December 2012[7]
Launched25 March 2015[8]
Sponsored byMarina Kovtun[8]
Completed25 December 2015[9]
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeProject 21900M icebreaker
Tonnage
Displacement14,334 tonnes
Length119.8 m (393 ft)
Beam27.5 m (90 ft)
Draught8.5 m (28 ft)
Depth12.40 m (41 ft)
Ice classRMRS Icebreaker6
Installed power4 × Wärtsilä 12V32E (4 × 6,960 kW)
PropulsionDiesel-electric; two Steerprop SP 110 ARC PULL azimuth thrusters (2 × 9,000 kW)
Speed
  • 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (open water)
  • 3.5 knots (6.5 km/h; 4.0 mph) in 1 m (3.3 ft) ice[10]
Aviation facilitiesHelideck for Mi-8

Murmansk (Russian: Мyрманск) is a Russian Project 21900M diesel-electric icebreaker. While her construction was contracted to Vyborg Shipyard in Russia, she was built at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard in Finland and delivered to Rosmorport in 2016.

Murmansk, which represents a further development of the icebreakers Moskva and Sankt-Peterburg, has two identical sister ships: Vladivostok and Novorossiysk.

  1. ^ a b "Murmansk (9658666)". Equasis. Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Murmansk (120132)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  3. ^ "The contract for construction of two diesel-powered open sea icebreakers has signed". Vyborg Shipyard. February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Next icebreaker project 21900M will be built by Vyborg Shipyard in cooperation with Arctech Helsinki Shipyard". Vyborg Shipyard. December 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Arctech Helsinki Shipyardille 16 MW jäänmurtajatilaus Venäjän liikenneministeriöltä" (PDF) (in Finnish). Arctech Helsinki Shipyard. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  6. ^ "USC and Vyborg Shipyard to build two icebreakers of Project 21900M". PortNews. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Next icebreaker project 21900M was laid at Vyborg Shipyard JSC". Vyborg Shipyard. December 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Icebreaker Murmansk for the Russian Ministry of Transport launched today at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard". Arctech Helsinki Shipyard. 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference vsy_delivery was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "16 MW icebreaker" (PDF). Arctech Helsinki Shipyard. Retrieved 15 June 2019.