Akademik Shuleykin-class research vessel
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 Arnold Veimer as HSwMS Trossö in Swedish Navy service
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Akademik Shuleykin class (Project 637) |
| Builders | Valmetin Laivateollisuus Oy, Turku, Finland |
| Operators | |
| Completed | 10 |
| Active | 9 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Type | Ice-strengthened research vessels |
| Tonnage | 1,753 GRT |
| Displacement | 2,140 t (2,110 long tons) |
| Length | 71.6 m (234 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Depth | 6.45 m (21 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × diesel engines, 3,120 hp (2,330 kW) |
| Speed | 10–14 knots (19–26 km/h; 12–16 mph) |
| Endurance | 70 days |
The Akademik Shuleykin class are a series of Finnish-built ice-strengthened ships constructed for the USSR. They were originally used for oceanographic research; several have been converted for tourism in Arctic/Antarctic waters, carrying approximately 50 passengers.
Ships in class
[edit]- 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); 2020 renamed Nansen Explorer and converted to polar expedition yacht for Nansen Polar Expeditions
- 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
[edit]- ^ "Polar Pioneer". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 12 June 2011.