The research ship Akademik Tryoshnikov in Bremerhaven, Germany
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Name: | Akademik Tryoshnikov |
Namesake: | Alexey Tryoshnikov |
Owner: | Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute |
Port of registry: | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Builder: | Admiralty Shipyard, Russia |
Laid down: | July 2009 |
Launched: | 29 March 2011 |
Identification: | IMO number: 9548536 Call sign: UBXH3 MMSI number: 273359440 |
Status: | In operation |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Research ship |
Tonnage: | 12,711 GT 12,000 DWT |
Length: | 133.6 m (438 ft 4 in) |
Beam: | 23 m (75 ft 6 in) |
Draught: | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) |
Installed power: | Three Wärtsilä diesel engines (2 × 6,300 kW, 1 × 4,200 kW) |
Propulsion: | Two shafts (2 × 7,100 kW) |
Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) in 1.1 m (3.6 ft) ice |
Range: | 15,000 nautical miles (28,000 km; 17,000 mi) |
Endurance: | 45 days |
Capacity: | 80 passengers |
Crew: | 60 |
Aircraft carried: | Two Bölkow Bo 105 helicopters |
Akademik Tryoshnikov (Russian: Академик Трёшников) is a Russian scientific diesel-electric research vessel, the flagship of the Russian polar research fleet.
The vessel is constructed under the state order. The project have developed Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute with Baltsudoproekt Bureau. Chief designer of project - Yevgueny S. Bylinovich.
Creation of it vessel became event for the Russian Polar science, the previous research vessel has been put into operation 25 years ago.
The ship is named in honor of Alexey Tryoshnikov, who was the president of the Geographical Society of the USSR since 1977.
In October 2016, the ship was used to test towing icebergs in the Kara Sea.
Between December 2016 and March 2017, the Akademik Tryoshnikov will be used for the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition(ACE) during the Southern Hemisphere summer.