Georgiy Sedov (1908 icebreaker)

G. Sedov on a Soviet postage stamp
History
United Kingdom
NameBeothic
OwnerThetis Steam Ship Co Ltd
OperatorJob Bros, St John's, Newfoundland
Port of registrySt John's, Newfoundland
BuilderD & W Henderson Ltd, Glasgow
Yard number464
Launched25 December 1908
Maiden voyage28 January 1909
FateSold 1915
Soviet Union
NameGeorgiy Sedov (Георгий Седов)
OwnerSoviet Union government
Port of registryArchangelsk
Acquired1915
Out of service1967
FateScrapped in Hamburg by Eckhardt & Co.
General characteristics
Tonnage1383 grt
Displacement3056 tonnes
Length78.6 m (257 ft 10 in)
Beam10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Draught6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Installed power2,360 ihp
PropulsionTriple expansion steam engine, 2 boilers, 1-screw
Speed12 knots

The Georgiy Sedov (Russian: Георгий Седов) was a Soviet ice-breaker fitted with steam engines. She was originally the Newfoundland seal fishery support vessel Beothic, renamed after Russian captain and polar explorer Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov in 1915. She was the first Soviet drifting ice station, the culmination of a decade of high-latitude exploration.