Sadko (1968 icebreaker)

History
Soviet Union → Russia
NameSadko (Садко)
NamesakeSadko
OperatorPacific Fleet
BuilderAdmiralty Shipyard (Leningrad, USSR)
Yard number777
Laid down20 June 1967
Launched28 June 1968
Completed6 November 1968
In service1968–2022
FateExpended as target in 2022
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeDobrynya Nikitich-class patrol icebreaker
Displacement3,350 t (3,300 long tons) (full load)
Length67.7 m (222 ft)
Beam18.1 m (59 ft)
Draught6.3 m (20.7 ft)
Depth8.3 m (27.2 ft)[2]
Installed power3 × 13D100 (3 × 1,800 hp)
PropulsionDiesel-electric; three shafts (2 × 2,400 hp + 1,600 hp)
Speed14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range6,700 nautical miles (12,400 km; 7,700 mi) at 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Endurance17 days
Complement39
Armament
NotesLater disarmed

Sadko (Russian: Садко) was a Soviet and later Russian Navy patrol icebreaker built in 1968. The ship was expended as target during the Umka-2022 military drills in September 2022.

Sadko had a 1970-built sister ship Peresvet.

  1. ^ Kuznetsov, Nikita Anatolyevich (2009), "От «Добрыни Никитича» до «Отто Шмидта»: Ледоколы проекта 97 и их модификации", Морская коллекция (in Russian), vol. 8, no. 119, Moscow: Моделист-конструктор
  2. ^ "Патрульные дизель-электрические ледоколы, проект 97АП". CDB Iceberg. Retrieved 25 May 2023.