Sibir (1977 icebreaker) explained

-- commercial vessels --> Ship Image: Sibir icebr.JPG Ship Caption: Sibir in 2012 Ship Country: Russia Ship Name: Sibir (Сибирь) Ship Namesake: Russian for Siberia Ship Owner: Russian Federation Ship Operator: FSUE Atomflot Ship Registry: 1977–1992: Murmansk, 1992 onwards: Murmansk, Ship Builder: Baltic Shipyard Ship Yard Number: 701 Ship Laid Down: 26 June 1974 Ship Launched: 23 February 1976 Ship Commissioned: 28 December 1977 Ship Decommissioned: 1992 Ship In Service: 1977–1992 Ship Identification: Call sign UWDS Ship Status: Being demolished^[1] Header Caption: ^[2] Ship Tonnage: ^[3] Ship Displacement: 23,000 tons Ship Length: 148m (486feet) Ship Beam: 30m (100feet) Ship Draught: 11m (36feet) Ship Depth: 17.2m (56.4feet) Ship Power: Two OK-900A nuclear reactors (2×171MW) Two steam turbogenerators (2×27.6MW) Ship Propulsion: Nuclear-turbo-electric Three shafts (3×18MW) Ship Speed: (maximum) Ship Endurance: 7.5 months Ship Crew: 189 Ship Aircraft: 1 × Mi-2, Mi-8 or Ka-27 helicopter Ship Aircraft Facilities: Helipad and hangar for one helicopter

Sibir (Russian: Сибирь; literally: Siberia), built in 1977, is a retired Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker of the . She is the only icebreaker of her class that does not feature a red superstructure.

She was withdrawn from service in 1992 and was reported in 2012 as being moored at Murmansk awaiting scrapping.^[4]

She has a gross tonnage of 20,655 and a dead weight of 4,096 tonnes.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reactors removed from «Sibir». thebarentsobserver.com. 24 July 2022.
2. Web site: Atomic Icebreakers Technical Data . rosatomflot.ru . 9 October 2017.
3. Web site: SIBIR. www.marinetraffic.com. 24 April 2015.
4. Web site: Russia scraps three nuclear icebreakers. Pettersen. Trude. 26 January 2012. Barents Observer. 19 December 2013.