Taymyr (1987 icebreaker)

Taymyr breaking ice in the Gulf of Ob in March 2015.
History
Russia
Name	Taymyr (Таймыр)
Namesake	Taymyr Peninsula
Owner	Russian Federation
Operator	FSUE Atomflot
Port of registry	1990–1992: Murmansk,  Soviet Union 1992 onwards: Murmansk,  Russia
Builder	Wärtsilä Marine, Helsinki Shipyard, Finland Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad, Soviet Union
Yard number	474
Laid down	January 1985[2]
Launched	10 April 1987 (without reactor)[3]
Completed	7 April 1988[1][2]
Commissioned	30 June 1989[2]
Identification	IMO number: 8417481 MMSI number: 273135100 Call sign: UEMM
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Taymyr-class icebreaker
Tonnage	20,791 GT 6,237 NT 3,550 DWT
Displacement	21,000 tons[4]
Length	151.8 m (498 ft)[4]
Beam	29.2 m (96 ft)[4]
Draught	7.5–9.0 m (24.6–29.5 ft)[1]
Depth	15.68 m (51.4 ft)
Ice class	RMRS LL2
Installed power	KLT-40M nuclear reactor (171 MW)[4] Two GTA 6421-OM5 turbogenerators (2 × 18,400 kW)
Propulsion	Nuclear-turbo-electric (AC/AC) Three shafts (3 × 12 MW)[1]
Speed	18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) (maximum)[4]
Endurance	7.5 months[4]
Crew	100+
Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-32 helicopter
Aviation facilities	Helipad and hangar for one helicopter

Taymyr (Russian: Таймыр, IPA: [tɐjˈmɨr]) is a shallow-draft nuclear-powered icebreaker, and the first of two similar vessels. She was built in 1989 for the Soviet Union in Finland, at the Helsinki Shipyard by Wärtsilä Marine, by order of the Murmansk Shipping Company. Her sister ship is Vaygach.