Magadan (icebreaker)
| History | |
|---|---|
 Russia | |
| Name | Magadan |
| Namesake | Magadan |
| Operator | Fesco Transport Group |
| Port of registry | Vladivostok,  Russia |
| Builder | Wärtsilä Helsinki New Shipyard |
| Yard number | 437 |
| Launched | 1982 |
| Completed | 29 December 1982 |
| Identification |
|
| Status | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type | Icebreaker |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 6,210 tons |
| Length | 88.5 m (290 ft) (overall) |
| Beam | 20.92 m (68.6 ft) |
| Draught | 6.50 m (21.3 ft) |
| Depth | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Ice class | RMRS LL4 |
| Installed power | 4 × Wärtsilä 8R32 (4 × 2,390 kW) |
| Propulsion | Two shafts, 4-bladed controllable pitch propellers |
| Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Magadan is a Russian icebreaker.[3][4] She was completed in 1982[5] and is the smallest of Fesco Transport Group's fleet of five icebreakers.
Service history
- 2011: Magadan was one of two vessels towing the oil rig Kolskaya when it capsized and sank in the Sea of Okhotsk.[6]
- 2006: chartered by a joint expedition to survey Walrus abundance.[3][4]
- 2003: participated in a training exercise with vessels of other nations.[7]
- 2000: Magadan towed a Russian warship to be broken up in India.[8]
- 1999: Magadan led a rescue effort (March 6) to escort vessels carrying supplies to isolated Kamchatka settlements that were dangerousely short of fuel.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "Magadan (FESCO vessels / Ice-breakers)". fesco.ru. 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
- ^ "Magadan (810245)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
- ^ a b "International Polar Year 2007-2008: News, Updates & Background". United States Geological Survey. 2007–2008. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ a b "Ice breaker MAGADAN research expedition in the Bering Sea is completed". Fesco Transport Group. April 3, 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Fesco Vessels". Fesco Transport Group. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ Russian industry rocked by Kolskaya rig tragedy UpstreamOnline.com, 23 December 2011
- ^ "The joint Russian-Japanese-Korean exercises start in the Sea of Japan". Pravda. August 25, 2003. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ "Russian shipping lines see icebreakers as "impossible luxury"". ITAR-TASS news agency. November 8, 2000. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
Magadan was towing a Russian warship to India to the breaker's yard.
- ^ "Russian Far East: Ice-breaker to help supply Kamchatka District with fuel". ITAR-TASS news agency. March 6, 1999. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, 6th March, ITAR-TASS correspondent Sergey Borovkov: The Magadan ice-breaker is the last hope of the inhabitants of Karaginskiy District in Koryak Autonomous Area. Only the ice-breaker is capable of making its way through the heavy ice and escort two ships, a tanker and a dry-cargo vessel, which are to deliver diesel fuel and coal for the District's freezing settlements at the port centre of Ossora. ITAR-TASS was told by the Koryak civil defence and...
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