Vladivostok (2014 icebreaker)

Vladivostok in Saint Petersburg in October 2015
History
Russia
NameVladivostok (Владивосток)
NamesakeVladivostok
OwnerRosmorport[1]
Port of registrySaint Petersburg[2]
Ordered2 December 2011[5]
BuilderVyborg Shipyard (Vyborg, Russia)
CostAbout RUB 4 billion[7]
Yard number230[2]
Laid down17 October 2012[6]
Launched29 April 2014[4]
Sponsored byElena Shchegoleva[4]
Completed23 September 2015[3]
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeProject 21900M icebreaker
Tonnage
Displacement14,334 t (14,108 long tons)
Length119.8 m (393 ft)
Beam27.5 m (90 ft)
Draught8.5 m (28 ft)
Depth12.40 m (41 ft)
Ice classRMRS Icebreaker6
Installed power4 × Wärtsilä 12V32E (4 × 6,960 kW)
PropulsionDiesel-electric; two Steerprop SP 110 ARC PULL azimuth thrusters (2 × 9,000 kW)
Speed
  • 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) (open water)
  • 3.5 knots (6.5 km/h; 4.0 mph) in 1 m (3.3 ft) ice[8]
Aviation facilitiesHelideck for Mi-8

Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосток) is a Russian diesel-electric icebreaker and the lead ship of Project 21900M icebreakers. She was built by Vyborg Shipyard in Russia and delivered to Rosmorport in 2015.

Vladivostok, which represents a further development of the icebreakers Moskva and Sankt-Peterburg, has two identical sister ships: Murmansk and Novorossiysk.

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  2. ^ a b c "Vladivostok (120113)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Official ceremony of lifting the National Flag on the prototype Icebreaker project 21900 M was held in St.-Petersburg". Vyborg Shipyard. September 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Launching ceremony of an icebreaker project 21900M took place at Vyborg Shipyard". Vyborg Shipyard. April 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Vyborg Shipyard JSC will construct icebreaking vessel". Vyborg Shipyard. December 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference vsy_keellaying was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "USC and Vyborg Shipyard to build two icebreakers of Project 21900M". PortNews. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  8. ^ "16 MW icebreaker" (PDF). Arctech Helsinki Shipyard. Retrieved 15 June 2019.