Sankt-Peterburg (icebreaker)

Sankt-Peterburg, the second icebreaker of the series, in Kara Sea in 2015
History
Russia
NameSankt-Peterburg (Санкт-Петербург)
NamesakeSaint Petersburg
OwnerRosmorport
Port of registrySaint Petersburg
OrderedMay 2005
BuilderBaltic Shipyard (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Cost$75 million
Yard number05602
Laid down19 January 2006
Launched28 May 2008
Completed12 July 2009
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class & typeProject 21900 icebreaker
Tonnage
Displacement14,300 t (14,100 long tons)
Length114 m (374 ft)
Beam27.5 m (90 ft)
Draught8.5 m (28 ft)
Depth12.40 m (41 ft)
Ice classRMRS Icebreaker6
Installed power
PropulsionDiesel-electric; two Steerprop SPO 4.5 ARC azimuth thrusters (2 × 8,200 kW)
Speed
  • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) in open water
  • 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 1 m (3.3 ft) ice
Crew25
Aviation facilitiesHelideck 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.