Akademik Shuleykin-class oceanographic research vessel

The Akademik Shuleykin- class vessels are Finnish-built ice-strengthened ships built for the USSR. They were originally used for oceanographic research; currently several have been converted for tourism in Arctic/Antarctic waters, carrying approximately 50 passengers.

Arnold Veimer as HMS Trossö in Swedish Navy
Class overview
Name: Akademik Shuleykin class (Project 637)
Builders: Valmetin Laivateollisuus Oy, Turku, Finland
Operators: Soviet Navy and other Government agencies
Completed: 10
Active: 9
Scrapped: 1
General characteristics
Type: ice-strengthened research vessels; many now passenger vessels
Tonnage: 1,753 GRT
Displacement: 2140 tonnes
Length: 71.6 m (235 ft)
Beam: 12.8 m (42 ft)
Draft: 4.5 m (15 ft)
Depth: 6.45 m (21.2 ft)
Propulsion: 2 × diesel engines, 3,120 hp (2,330 kW)
Speed: 10–14 knots (19–26 km/h)
Endurance: 70 days

Ships in class

  • Akademik Shuleykin 1982 IMO: 8010324; renamed Polar Pioneer (now converted for tourism);[1]
  • Akademik Shokalskiy, 1982 IMO: 8010336 (1998 converted for tourism)
  • Professor Molchanov, 1982 IMO: 8010348 (converted for tourism)
  • Professor Khromov, 1983 IMO: 8010350; renamed Spirit of Enderby (now converted for tourism)
  • Professor Multanovskiy, 1983 IMO: 8010362 (converted for tourism)
  • Akademik Gamburtsye, 1983 IMO: 8118994; 1997 renamed Fregat; 2003 renamed Nordsyssel (used by the governor of Svalbard); 2014 renamed Polar Surveyor (survey ship for Gardline Marine Sciences)
  • Arnold Veymer, 1984 IMO 8119027; 1991 renamed Livonia; transferred to Estonia as a patrol and pollution cleanup ship, sold to Sweden and converted again (now HSwMS Trossö)
  • Akademik Golitsyn, 1984 IMO: 8119003 (Академик Голицын)
  • Professor Polshkov, 1984 IMO: 8119015 (scrapped 2013)
  • Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin, 1985 IMO: 8119039

References

Notes

  1. "Polar Pioneer". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

See also

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