Project 23550 patrol ship

Ivan Papanin in July 2024
Class overview
Builders
Operators
Preceded by
Built2017–present
In commissionLate 2024 (current estimate)[1]
Planned4[2]
Building4
General characteristics
TypeIcebreaking patrol ship
Displacement
  • 6,800 t (6,700 long tons; 7,500 short tons) standard[3]
  • 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons) full load
Length114 m (374 ft 0 in)
Beam18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Draught6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Ice classRS Arc7[4]
Installed power4 × Kolomna 28-9DG diesel generators (4 × 3,500 kW)[5]
Propulsion
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement60 core crew + 50 extra mission crew
Armament
Aviation facilitiesHelipad and hangar for Ka-27 helicopter

Project 23550 is a class of armed icebreaking patrol ships under construction for the Russian Navy.[7][9][10] Two ships were ordered from Saint Petersburg-based Admiralty Shipyards in 2016.[11] The ships are designed to patrol the Russian territorial waters and exclusive economic zone in the Arctic. The ships are also referred as "Arktika" type (Russian: шифр «Арктика», lit. 'codename Arctic').

During the launching ceremony of the lead ship, it was announced that two additional ships of slightly revised design would be built for the FSB Border Service of Russia by Vyborg Shipyard. The derivative design is also referred to as "Ermak" type (Russian: шифр «Ермак», lit. 'codename Yermak').[2][7][9]

  1. ^ "ВМФ планирует получить патрульный корабль "Иван Папанин" до конца 2024 года". Sudostroenie.info (in Russian). 2 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Два патрульных ледокола проекта 23550 построят для ФСБ". Mil.Press FlotProm (in Russian). 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ Tyler Rogoway (27 March 2017). "This Is Russia's Warship Built Specifically For Arctic Fighting". The Drive. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. ^ "АО "АДМИРАЛТЕЙСКИЕ ВЕРФИ" СПУСТИЛО НА ВОДУ ПАТРУЛЬНЫЙ КОРАБЛЬ ЛЕДОВОГО КЛАССА "ИВАН ПАПАНИН"". Admiralty Shipyards (in Russian). 25 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. ^ "На Коломенском заводе запущено производство основных и вспомогательных дизель-генераторов для патрульного ледокола "Иван Папанин"". JSC "Kolomensky Zavod" (in Russian). 21 April 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. ^ ""Русэлпром" запустил в производство электрические машины для ледокола "Иван Папанин"". Ruselprom (in Russian). 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Project 23550 Arktika". Russianships.info. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  8. ^ ""Адмиралтейские верфи" объяснили сдвиг сроков передачи сторожевых кораблей". RIA Novosti (in Russian). 21 March 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  9. ^ a b Vladimir Yeranosyan (8 February 2021). "Скоро в Арктике будет "Пурга"". Zvezda Armed Forces Teleradio Company (in Russian). Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Project 23550 Ivan Papanin - patrol icebreaker". Global Security.
  11. ^ "Второй патрульный ледокол «Николай Зубов» будет заложен в 2020 году". TASS (in Russian). 19 June 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2019.