Georgiy Sedov (1908 icebreaker)
The Georgiy Sedov (Russian: Георгий Седов) was a Soviet ice-breaker fitted with steam engines. She was originally the Newfoundland seal fishery support vessel Beothic and was renamed after Russian captain and polar explorer Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov in 1915.
G. Sedov on a Soviet postage stamp | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Beothic |
| Owner | Thetis Steam Ship Co Ltd |
| Operator | Job Bros, St John's, Newfoundland |
| Port of registry | St John's, Newfoundland |
| Builder | D & W Henderson Ltd, Glasgow |
| Yard number | 464 |
| Launched | 25 December 1908 |
| Maiden voyage | 28 January 1909 |
| Fate | Sold 1915 |
| Soviet Union | |
| Name | Georgiy Sedov (Георгий Седов) |
| Owner | Soviet Union Government |
| Port of registry | Archangelsk |
| Acquired | 1915 |
| Out of service | 1967 |
| Fate | Scrapped in Hamburg by Eckhardt & Co. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1383 grt |
| Displacement | 3056 tonnes |
| Length | 78.6 m (257 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Installed power | 2,360 ihp |
| Propulsion | triple expansion steam engine, 2 boilers, 1-screw |
| Speed | 12 knots |
This icebreaker became famous as the first Soviet drifting ice station, the culmination of a decade of high-latitude exploration.
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