MSV Botnica
Botnica moored in Old City Harbour in 2023. | |
| History | |
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| Finland | |
| Name | Botnica |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | Helsinki, Finland |
| Ordered | February 1997 |
| Builder | Finnyards Ltd., Rauma, Finland |
| Cost | FIM 303 million |
| Yard number | 421 |
| Laid down | 2 September 1997 |
| Launched | 20 February 1998 |
| Completed | 1 June 1998 |
| In service | 1998–2012 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold to Estonia in 2012 |
| Estonia | |
| Owner | Port of Tallinn (2012–) |
| Operator | TS Shipping |
| Port of registry | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Acquired | 28 November 2012 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Icebreaker, Offshore support vessel |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 96.70 m (317.3 ft) |
| Beam | 24.00 m (78.7 ft) |
| Draught |
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| Depth | 11.70 m (38.4 ft) |
| Ice class | DNV ICE-10 Icebreaker |
| Installed power | 12 × Caterpillar 3512B DITA (12 × 1,258 kW) |
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| Crew |
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| Aviation facilities | Helipad |
MSV Botnica is a multipurpose offshore support vessel and icebreaker built by Finnyards in Rauma, Finland in 1998. She was the newest and technically most advanced state-owned icebreaker of Finland until 2012, when she was sold to the Port of Tallinn, Estonia for 50 million euro. Botnica is used as an escort icebreaker in the Baltic Sea during the winter months and it carries out subsea and offshore construction works worldwide during the open water season.