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. |