Peresvet (icebreaker)

Sadko, a similar Project 97AP patrol icebreaker
History
Soviet Union → Russia
NamePeresvet (Пересвет)
NamesakeAlexander Peresvet
OperatorNorthern Fleet
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard (Leningrad, USSR)
Yard number778
Laid down10 July 1968
Launched29 January 1969
Completed28 July 1970
Decommissioned23 April 2011
In service1970–2011
FateBroken up
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeDobrynya Nikitich-class patrol icebreaker
Displacement3,350 t (3,300 long tons) (full load)
Length67.7 m (222 ft)
Beam18.1 m (59 ft)
Draught6.3 m (20.7 ft)
Depth8.3 m (27.2 ft)[2]
Installed power3 × 13D100 (3 × 1,800 hp)
PropulsionDiesel-electric; three shafts (2 × 2,400 hp + 1,600 hp)
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range6,700 nautical miles (12,400 km; 7,700 mi) at 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Endurance17 days
Complement39
Armament
NotesLater disarmed

Peresvet (Russian: Пересвет) was a Soviet and later Russian Navy patrol icebreaker in service from 1970 until 2011. It had a 1968-built sister ship Sadko.

  1. ^ Kuznetsov, Nikita Anatolyevich (2009), "От "Добрыни Никитича" до "Отто Шмидта": Ледоколы проекта 97 и их модификации", Морская коллекция (in Russian), vol. 8, no. 119, Moscow: Моделист-конструктор
  2. ^ "Патрульные дизель-электрические ледоколы, проект 97АП". CDB Iceberg. Retrieved 25 May 2023.