Sibir (1977 icebreaker)
Sibir (Russian: Сибирь; literally: Siberia), built 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.
 Sibir in 2012 | |
| History | |
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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 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| 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: | Two OK-900A nuclear reactors (2 × 171 MW)Two steam turbogenerators (2 × 27.6 MW) |
| Propulsion: | Nuclear-turbo-electricThree shafts (3 × 18 MW) |
| 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 |
She was withdrawn from service in 1992 and was reported in 2012 as being moored at Murmansk awaiting scrapping.[3]
She has a gross tonnage of 20,655 and a dead weight of 4,096 tonnes.[2]
References
- "Atomic Icebreakers Technical Data". rosatomflot.ru. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- "SIBIR". www.marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- Pettersen, Trude (26 January 2012). "Russia scraps three nuclear icebreakers". Barents Observer. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
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