Akademik Tryoshnikov

The research ship Akademik Tryoshnikov in Bremerhaven, Germany
History
Name:	Akademik Tryoshnikov
Namesake:	Alexey Tryoshnikov[1]
Owner:	Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Port of registry:	Saint Petersburg,  Russia
Builder:	Admiralty Shipyard, Russia
Laid down:	July 2009[1]
Launched:	29 March 2011[2]
Identification:	IMO number: 9548536 Call sign: UBXH3 MMSI number: 273359440[3]
Status:	Under construction
General characteristics
Class & type:	Research ship
Tonnage:	12,711 GT 12,000 DWT[3]
Length:	133.6 m (438 ft 4 in)[1]
Beam:	23 m (75 ft 6 in)[1]
Draught:	8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)[1]
Installed power:	Three Wärtsilä diesel engines (2 × 6,300 kW, 1 × 4,200 kW)[1]
Propulsion:	Two shafts (2 × 7,100 kW)[1]
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) in 1.1 m (3.6 ft) ice[1]
Range:	15,000 nautical miles (28,000 km; 17,000 mi)[1]
Endurance:	45 days[1]
Capacity:	80 passengers[1]
Crew:	60[1]
Aircraft carried:	Two Kamov Ka-32 helicopters[1]

Akademik Tryoshnikov (Russian: Академик Трёшников) is a Russian scientific diesel-electric research vessel, the flagship of the Russian polar research fleet.

History

The vessel is constructed under the state order. The project have developed Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute with Baltsudoproekt Bureau. Chief designer of project - Yevgueny S. Bylinovich.

Creation of it vessel became event for the Russian Polar science, the previous research vessel has been put into operation 25 years ago.^[4]

The ship is named in honor of Alexey Tryoshnikov, who was the president of the Geographical Society of the USSR since 1977.

References

1. The Research Expedition Vessel "Akademik Tryoshnikov". Ria Novosti. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
2. (В Петербурге на воду спущено судно "Академик Трешников") [Research vessel Akademik Tryoshnikov launched in Saint Petersburg] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg (Russia): Fontanka.ru. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
3. "Akademik Tryoshnikov (9548536)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 2012-09-25. (registration required (help)).
4. (Исследовательское судно "Академик Трешников" спустят на воду в октябре) [Research vessel Akademik Tryoshnikov putting afloat in October (2010)] (in Russian). Moscow (Russia): RIA Novosti. 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2012-09-25. It is event for all who investigates Arctic and Antarctic regions (Artur Chilingarov)