Arktika (icebreaker)
| 300px Russian nuclear icebreaker "Arktika" | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Operator: | Atomflot |
| Port of registry: | Murmansk |
| Builder: | Baltic Shipyard, Leningrad |
| Launched: | 26 December 1972 |
| Completed: | 25 April 1975 |
| Out of service: | 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Arktika-class icebreaker |
| Displacement: | 23,460 tonnes |
| Length: | 147.9 m |
| Beam: | 29.9 m |
| Draught: | 11 m |
| Installed power: | 75,000 hp |
| Propulsion: | 3 Shaft Nuclear |
| Speed: | 20.8 knots (38.5 km/h) |
| Crew: | 150 |
The NS Arktika is a nuclear powered icebreaker of the Soviet (now Russian) Arktika class. In service since 1975, she was the first surface ship to reach the North Pole, on August 17, 1977.
The Arktika was retired for several years, but was repaired in the late 1990s.
On April 9, 2007 a fire broke out on the Arktika. The fire devastated three cabins and knocked out an electricity-distribution panel. The nuclear reactor was not damaged. There were no injuries. The icebreaker was in the Kara Sea when the blaze erupted, and was sent to Murmansk.[1][2] The ship was officially taken out of service in October 2008.[3]
References
- ↑ "Fire in nuclear-powered icebreaker", BarentsObserver. Published 2007-04-09.
- ↑ Fire on an Atomic Icebreaker, Kommersantъ. Published Apr. 09, 2007
- ↑ The last day of a nuclear-powered icebreaker, Barents Observer, 2008-10-02
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