Akademik Fedorov
RV Akademik Fedorov (Russian: Академик Фёдоров) is a Russian scientific diesel-electric research vessel, the flagship of the Russian polar research fleet. It was built in Rauma, Finland for the Soviet Union and completed on 8 September 1987. It started operations on 24 October 1987, in the USSR. The ship was named after a Soviet polar explorer, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences Evgeny Fyodorov, who worked on the first Soviet manned drifting ice station North Pole-1.
| History | |
|---|---|
| Russia | |
| Name | Akademik Fedorov |
| Owner | AARI |
| Port of registry | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Builder | Rauma-Repola, Rauma, Finland |
| Launched | 8 September 1987 |
| Maiden voyage | 24 October 1987 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8519837 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 12,660 GT |
| Displacement | 16,200 t |
| Length | 141.2 metres |
| Beam | 23.5 metres |
| Draft | 8.5 metres |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Capacity | 172 passengers |
| Crew | 80 |
Research vessel Akademik Fedorov participated in MOSAiC Expedition in 2019-2020 supporting and resupplying the main research icebreaker Polarstern, and also held a six-week course for 20 students for MOSAiC School 2019.
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