Project 22220 icebreaker

Arktika in a dry dock in Kronstadt, 2021
Class overview
BuildersBaltic Shipyard
OperatorsFSUE Atomflot
Preceded by
Succeeded byProject 10510
Built2013–present
In service2020–present
Planned7
Building3
Active3
General characteristics [1][2]
TypeIcebreaker
Displacement
  • 33,530 t (33,000 long tons) (dwl)
  • 25,540 t (25,140 long tons) (minimum)
Length
  • 173.3 m (569 ft) (overall)
  • 160.0 m (525 ft) (dwl)
Beam
  • 34 m (112 ft) (maximum)
  • 33 m (108 ft) (dwl)
Height51.25 m (168 ft)[3]
Draft
  • 10.5 m (34 ft) (dwl)
  • 9.00 m (30 ft) (minimum; achievable)[4]
  • 8.65 m (28 ft) (minimum; official)[5]
  • 8.50 m (28 ft) (minimum; design)
Depth15.2 m (50 ft)
Ice classRMRS Icebreaker9
Installed power
Propulsion
  • Nuclear-turbo-electric
  • Three shafts (3 × 20 MW)
Speed
  • 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
  • 1.5–2 knots (2.8–3.7 km/h; 1.7–2.3 mph) in 2.8 m (9 ft) ice
Endurance
  • 7 years (reactor fuel)
  • 6 months (provisions)[6]
Crew75
Aviation facilitiesHelideck and hangar

Project 22220, also known through the Russian type size series designation LK-60Ya,[note 1] is a series of Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers. The lead ship of the class, Arktika, was delivered in 2020 and surpassed the preceding Soviet-built series of nuclear-powered icebreakers as the largest and most powerful icebreaker in the world.[7]

As of January 2024, three Project 22220 icebreakers (Arktika, Sibir and Ural) are in service, fourth (Yakutiya) has been launched, fifth and sixth (Chukotka and Leningrad) have been laid down at Baltic Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, and seventh (Stalingrad) is on order.

  1. ^ "Универсальный атомный ледокол проекта 22220" (in Russian). Rosatomflot. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Multipurpose nuclear icebreaker project 22220". United Shipbuilding Corporation. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Как ледокол "Арктика" готовился к ходовым испытаниям" (in Russian). Sudostroenie.info. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference draught was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference keel_yakutiya was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Ледокол "Арктика" готов на 60%" (in Russian). Ruselprom. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  7. ^ "World's largest nuclear icebreaker starts sea trials". The Barents Observer. 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2020.


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