ARKTIKA CLASS ICEBREAKER

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''Arktika'' class icebreaker
Shipbuilder:	Saint Petersburg Baltic plant
Built:	1975-1994 (one completed in 2006)
General Characteristics
Length:	148m-159m
Beam:	30m (28m at waterline)
Draft:	?
Displacement:	23,000t
Propulsion:	2×OK-900 reactors, 171MW each 52MW propulsive power
Speed:	18 knots (''Arktika'') 20.6 knots (all subsequent)
Endurance:	7.5 months
Complement:	138-200
Ice thickness:	2m-2.8m maximum

The '''Arktika'' class' is a Russian class of nuclear powered icebreakers. They are owned by the federal government, but are operated by the Murmansk Shipping Company (MSCO). Of the ten civilian nuclear powered vessels built by Russia (and the Soviet Union), six have been of this type. They are used for clearing shipping lanes north of Siberia as well as for scientific and vacation expeditions to the Arctic.

Contents

Vessels

Ship Notes

References

Vessels

Ship Name	Launched	Comments
NS ''Arktika''	1975
NS ''Sibir''	1977	Not operational.
NS ''Rossiya''	1985
NS ''Sovjetskij Sojuz''	1990
NS ''Yamal''	1993
NS ''50 Let Pobedy''	1993	Built as NS ''Ural'', completed in 2007.

Ship Notes

The NS ''Arktika'' was the first surface ship to reach the North Pole on August 17 1977.

References

★ Nuclear Powered Icebreakers, Bellona Foundation

★ Technical information, MSCO