Professor Molchanov
Professor Molchanov at Barentsburg | |
| History | |
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| Russia | |
| Name | Professor Molchanov |
| Operator | Oceanwide Expeditions |
| Port of registry | Murmansk, Russia |
| Builder | Oy Laivateollisuus Ab, Turku, Finland |
| Launched | 28 December 1982 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Akademik Shuleykin-class research vessel; now passenger vessel |
| Tonnage | 1,753 GT |
| Length | 69.7 m (228 ft 8 in) |
| Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Ice class |
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| Installed power | 2 × diesel engines ME, 3,120 hp (2,330 kW) |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Endurance | 70 days |
| Capacity | 48 passengers |
| Crew | 32 |
Professor Molchanov (Russian: «Профессор Молчанов») is a Russian (formerly Soviet) ice-strengthened oceanographic research vessel. The ship was built in Finland in 1983 and is now converted to passenger duties for the expedition cruise market.