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)[9]
Cost
  • About RUB 4 billion[8]
  • About 100 million euro[9]
Yard number509[2]
Laid down26 December 2012[7]
Launched25 March 2015[4]
Sponsored byMarina Kovtun[4]
Completed25 December 2015[3]
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. ^ Cite error: The named reference vsy_delivery was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "The contract for construction of two diesel-powered open sea icebreakers has signed". Vyborg Shipyard. February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Next icebreaker project 21900M will be built by Vyborg Shipyard in cooperation with Arctech Helsinki Shipyard". Vyborg Shipyard. December 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. ^ "USC and Vyborg Shipyard to build two icebreakers of Project 21900M". PortNews. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Arctech Helsinki Shipyardille 16 MW jäänmurtajatilaus Venäjän liikenneministeriöltä" (PDF) (in Finnish). Arctech Helsinki Shipyard. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  10. ^ "16 MW icebreaker" (PDF). Arctech Helsinki Shipyard. Retrieved 15 June 2019.