Baltika (icebreaker)
Baltika (Russian: Балтика) is a Russian icebreaker built by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland. She is the first ship ever built with an asymmetric hull that allows her to operate not only ahead and astern, but also obliquely (sideways) with a large angle of attack. In this way, the relatively small oblique icebreaker is capable of opening a wide channel in ice for large merchant ships.
Baltika on full-scale ice trials in the Gulf of Ob on 29 March 2015 | |
| History | |
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| Russia | |
| Name | Baltika (Балтика) |
| Owner | Rosmorrechflot (Росморречфлот) |
| Operator | FGI Gosmorspassluzhba |
| Port of registry | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Ordered | 8 December 2011 |
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| Cost | 76 million euro |
| Yard number | 508 |
| Laid down | 6 July 2012 |
| Launched | 12 December 2013 |
| Completed | 2014 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Icebreaker |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 76.4 m (251 ft) |
| Beam | 20.5 m (67 ft) (maximum) |
| Draught | 6.3 m (21 ft) (design) |
| Ice class | RMRS Icebreaker6 |
| Installed power | 3 × Wärtsilä 9L26 (3 × 3,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric; three Steerprop azimuth thrusters (3 × 2.5 MW) |
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| Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) |
| Endurance | 20 days |
| Capacity | 380 square metres (4,100 sq ft) cargo deck |
| Crew | 24; accommodation for 36 |
| Aviation facilities | Helideck |
The vessel was initially scheduled for delivery to FGI Gosmorspassluzhba, the Russian Marine Emergency Rescue Service, in early 2014. However, she remained moored at Kaliningrad until late 2014, when the vessel was towed to St. Petersburg, and was finally accepted to service in December 2014.
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