&sq=&lang=&file=File:MV_Norilsk_20090519.jpg) The first SA-15 type cargo ship, Norilsk.
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders |
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| Operators | |
| Subclasses | SA-15 Super |
| Built | 1982–1987 |
| In service | 1982– |
| Completed | 19 |
| Active | 2 |
| Scrapped | 17 |
| General characteristics (SA-15)[1] | |
| Type | Ro-ro/General cargo ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 24.55 m (80 ft 7 in) |
| Height | 51.50 m (169 ft 0 in) from keel[4] |
| Draught | |
| Depth | 15.2 m (49 ft 10 in) |
| Ice class | ULA |
| Installed power | 2 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer 14ZV40/48 (2 × 7,700 kW) |
| Propulsion | Single shaft; KaMeWa CPP, ⌀ 5.6 m (18 ft 4 in) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (design) |
| Range | 16,000 nautical miles (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) |
| Endurance | 60 days |
| Crew | Accommodation for 42 |
| Notes | As designed; minor differences between ships as well as with SA-15 Super |
SA-15 is the project name for a series of icebreaking multipurpose cargo ships built in Finland for the Soviet Union in the 1980s. The ships, capable of independent operation in all prevailing arctic ice conditions, were the first merchant vessels designed for year-round operations in the Northern Sea Route. For this purpose they have hulls that resemble those of polar icebreakers and propulsion systems capable of withstanding ice loads.[1]
While the ships are also known as the Norilsk class after the first ship, Norilsk, they are usually referred to by their project name which denotes a subarctic 15,000 DWT cargo ship.[5] Nineteen SA-15 type ships were delivered by Finnish shipbuilders Wärtsilä and Valmet in 1982–1987, and as of 2021[update] two vessels remain in service.
- ^ a b SA-15: a 14 ship series of icebreaking multipurpose cargo ships from Finland for Soviet Arctic Service. The Motor Ship, Volume 64, Issue 753, April 1983. Pages 28-32.
- ^ a b "Amderma (811835)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ a b Murmansk Shipping Company: Dry Cargo fleet – SA-15 Retrieved 2011-01-18
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
fesco_anatoliywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kitagawa, H. et al. Northern Sea Route. Shortest Sea Route Linking East Asia and Europe. Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Ship & Ocean Foundation, 2001. ISBN 4-88404-027-9.