Sibir (1977 icebreaker)
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Sibir in 2012
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History | |
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Russia | |
Name | Sibir (Сибирь) |
Namesake | Russian for Siberia |
Owner | Russian Federation |
Operator | FSUE Atomflot |
Port of registry |
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Builder | Baltic Shipyard |
Yard number | 701 |
Laid down | 26 June 1974 |
Launched | 23 February 1976 |
Commissioned | 28 December 1977 |
Decommissioned | 1992 |
In service | 1977–1992 |
Identification |
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Status | Being demolished[1] |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Arktika-class icebreaker |
Tonnage | |
Displacement | 23,000 tons |
Length | 148 m (486 ft) |
Beam | 30 m (98 ft) |
Draught | 11 m (36 ft) |
Depth | 17.2 m (56 ft) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 20.6 knots (38.2 km/h; 23.7 mph) (maximum) |
Endurance | 7.5 months |
Crew | 189 |
Aircraft carried | 1 × Mi-2, Mi-8 or Ka-27 helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar for one helicopter |
Sibir (Russian: Сибирь; literally: Siberia), built in 1977, is a retired Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker of the Arktika class. She is the only icebreaker of her class that does not feature a red superstructure.
She was withdrawn from service in 1992 and was reported in 2012 as being moored at Murmansk awaiting scrapping.[4]
She has a gross tonnage of 20,655 and a dead weight of 4,096 tonnes.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Reactors removed from «Sibir»". thebarentsobserver.com. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Atomic Icebreakers Technical Data". rosatomflot.ru. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ a b c "SIBIR". www.marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Pettersen, Trude (26 January 2012). "Russia scraps three nuclear icebreakers". Barents Observer. Retrieved 19 December 2013.