Novorossiysk (icebreaker)

Novorossiysk at the 5th Icebreaker Festival in Saint Petersburg in April 2018
History
Russia
Name	Novorossiysk (Новороссийск)
Namesake	Novorossiysk
Owner	Rosmorport[1]
Port of registry	Saint Petersburg[2]
Ordered	23 February 2012[3]
Builder	Vyborg Shipyard (Vyborg, Russia)
Cost	About RUB 4 billion[4]
Yard number	231[2]
Laid down	12 December 2012[5]
Launched	29 October 2015[6]
Sponsored by	Anzhelika Ryskova[6]
Completed	26 December 2016[7]
Identification	IMO number: 9692571 MMSI number: 273389730 Call sign: UBLX[1]
Status	In service
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Project 21900M icebreaker
Tonnage	11,720 GT 3,516 NT 5,142 DWT
Displacement	14,334 tonnes
Length	119.8 m (393 ft)
Beam	27.5 m (90 ft)
Draught	8.5 m (28 ft)
Depth	12.40 m (41 ft)
Ice class	RMRS Icebreaker6
Installed power	4 × Wärtsilä 12V32E (4 × 6,960 kW)
Propulsion	Diesel-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[8]
Aviation facilities	Helideck for Mi-8

Novorossiysk (Russian: Новороссийск) is a Russian Project 21900M diesel-electric icebreaker. She was built by Vyborg Shipyard in Russia and delivered to Rosmorport in 2016.

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