Sibir (1977 icebreaker)
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Sibir in 2012
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Name | Sibir (Сибирь) |
Namesake | Russian for Siberia |
Owner | Russian Federation |
Operator | FSUE Atomflot |
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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 |
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Status | Being demolished[1] |
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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) |
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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 was the only icebreaker of her class that does not feature a red superstructure.
The ship was equipped with two OK-900A nuclear reactors, each producing 171 MW of thermal power. The reactors were in operation from 1977 to 1992. The reactors powered two steam turbines to which six generators were connected. The radiation intensity was always monitored using sensors distributed throughout the ship.
Sibir was withdrawn from service in 1992 and was reported in 2012 as being moored at Murmansk awaiting scrapping.[4]
She had 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.