Krasin

Update 13.09.2021
Current Name Krasin
Previous Name Svyatogor (until 1927)
IMO 5196402
Call Sign UGXN
Manager International Fund for the History of Science, Murmansk, Russia
Owner International Fund for the History of Science, Murmansk, Russia
Flag Russia
Port of Registry St. Petersburg
Type of Ship icebreaker
Completion 1916
Shipyard Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Building No. A/W 904
DWT [t] 4.220
Overall Length [m] 99,80
Registered Breadth [m] 21,65
Maximum Draught [m] 7,50
Propulsion [KW] 7.355
Propulsion [BHP] 10.000
Speed [Kn] 15,0
Additional Information GRT: 6.048, the oldest existing icebreaker in the world. Up to the beginning of the 1950s she remained the most powerful icebreaker in the world. Since 1998, after a long and distinguished carreer in service, >Krasin< moores in St. Petersburg as a museum vessel.
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