Sankt-Peterburg (icebreaker)
Sankt-Peterburg, the second icebreaker of the series, in Kara Sea in 2015 | |
| History | |
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| Russia | |
| Name | Sankt-Peterburg (Санкт-Петербург) |
| Namesake | Saint Petersburg |
| Owner | Rosmorport |
| Port of registry | Saint Petersburg |
| Ordered | May 2005 |
| Builder | Baltic Shipyard (Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
| Cost | $75 million |
| Yard number | 05602 |
| Laid down | 19 January 2006 |
| Launched | 28 May 2008 |
| Completed | 12 July 2009 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Project 21900 icebreaker |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 14,300 t (14,100 long tons) |
| Length | 114 m (374 ft) |
| Beam | 27.5 m (90 ft) |
| Draught | 8.5 m (28 ft) |
| Depth | 12.40 m (41 ft) |
| Ice class | RMRS Icebreaker6 |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric; two Steerprop SPO 4.5 ARC azimuth thrusters (2 × 8,200 kW) |
| Speed |
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| Crew | 25 |
| Aviation facilities | Helideck for Ka-32 and Ka-226 |
Sankt-Peterburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербург; literally: Saint Petersburg) is a Russian diesel-electric icebreaker. She was built at Baltic Shipyard in 2009 as the second vessel for Project 21900, the first series of non-nuclear icebreakers built in Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. She has an identical sister ship, the 2008-built Moskva.
Following the construction of Sankt-Peterburg, three icebreakers of slightly upgraded design (Vladivostok, Murmansk and Novorossiysk) were built in 2015–2016.