Sibir (1977 nuclear icebreaker)

History
Sibir in 2012
Name:	Sibir
Operator:	Soviet Union Russia
Launched:	1977^[1]
Out of service:	Decommissioned in 1992
Identification:	IMO number: 7604491^[1]
General characteristics
Class & type:	Arktika-class icebreaker
Tonnage:	20,665 GT^[1] 4,096 DWT^[1]

This article is about the 1977 nuclear icebreaker. For other icebreakers of the same name, see Sibir (icebreaker).

Sibir, built 1977, is a retired Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker of the Arktika class. 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She was withdrawn from service in 1992 and was reported in 2012 as being moored at Murmansk awaiting scrapping.^[2]

She has a gross tonnage of 20,655 and a dead weight of 4096 tonnes.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "SIBIR". www.marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
↑ Pettersen, Trude (26 January 2012). "Russia scraps three nuclear icebreakers". Barents Observer. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

Nuclear-powered icebreakers of Russia

Arktika class (Project 22220)	Arktika* Sibir* Ural*

Arktika class (Project 10520)	Arktika^† Sibir^† Rossiya Sovetskiy Soyuz Yamal 50 Let Pobedy

Taymyr class	Taymyr Vaygach

Other	Lenin^† Sevmorput

* Under construction or on order ^† Not in service

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