Vaygach (1989 icebreaker)
Vaygach escorting Pavel Vavilov from the port of Sabetta in April 2015 | |
| History | |
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| Russia | |
| Name | Vaygach (Вайгач) |
| Namesake | Vaygach Island |
| Owner | Russian Federation |
| Operator | FSUE Atomflot |
| Port of registry |
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| Builder | |
| Yard number | 475 |
| Launched | 26 February 1988 |
| Commissioned | 1 August 1990 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Taymyr-class icebreaker |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 21,000 tons |
| Length | 151.8 m (498 ft) |
| Beam | 29.2 m (96 ft) |
| Draught | 7.5–9.0 m (24.6–29.5 ft) |
| Depth | 15.68 m (51.4 ft) |
| Ice class | RMRS LL2 |
| Installed power | KLT-40M nuclear reactor (171 MW) Two GTA 6421-OM5 turbogenerators (2 × 18,400 kW) |
| Propulsion | Nuclear-turbo-electric (AC/AC) Three shafts (3 × 12 MW) |
| Speed | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h; 21.3 mph) (maximum) |
| Endurance | 7.5 months |
| Crew | 100+ |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × Ka-32 helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar for one helicopter |
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Vaygach (Russian: Вайгач, IPA: [vɐjˈɡatɕ]) is a shallow-draught nuclear-powered icebreaker. She was built in 1989 for the Soviet Union by Wärtsilä Marine Helsinki Shipyard in Finland by order of the Murmansk Shipping Company and its KL-40 reactor was installed at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg. Her sister ship is Taymyr.