Purga-class icebreaker
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| Class overview |
| Builders: |
Almaz shipbuilding company |
| Operators: |
 Russian Navy/Border Guard Service of Russia |
| Preceded by: |
Ivan Susanin class icebreaker |
| Built: |
2007–present day |
|
In commission: |
2009–present day |
| Completed: |
2 |
| Active: |
2 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Icebreaker patrol vessel |
| Displacement: |
1,066 tons full load |
| Length: |
71 m |
| Beam: |
10.4 m |
| Draught: |
3.5 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 shaft diesel(ABC 16M VZDC-1000-180) 5,440 hp |
| Speed: |
24 knots |
| Range: |
6,000 km at 14 knots |
| Complement: |
25 |
| Aircraft carried: |
Helipad for Ka-226 Helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: |
helicopter pad |
The Purga class are a group of icebreaker Patrol ships operated by the Russian maritime border guard. The Project 22120 patrol ship Purga (en,code "blizzard") is a new generation border patrol vessel. Originally founded as a big revenue cutter. Vessel has ice strengthening, providing independent navigation in a rarefied one-year ice thickness up to 0.6 m in winter and spring to navigate and up to 0.8 m thick in summer and autumn navigation.[1]
Operators
Russia
Ships
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