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The newest icebreaker “Evpatiy Kolovrat” project 21180M, built in St. Petersburg in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defense, began passing factory sea trials. It is reported by the press service of the military department.
Diesel-electric icebreaker left the outfitting wall of a shipbuilding company “diamond” and entered the Baltic Sea, on board the crew and the commissioning team of the enterprise. As part of the ZHI, all systems of the icebreaker and its characteristics will be checked, operation of devices and mechanisms, etc.. The test dates are not specified in the message.. Most likely “Evpatiy Kolovrat” join the Russian Navy “under the herringbone” or early next year, it will depend on testing.
The icebreaker will go to serve in the Pacific Fleet, it will be part of a detachment of ships providing troops and forces in the North-East of Russia. The crew for the icebreaker was formed in Kamchatka.
“Evpatiy Kolovrat” It was laid on “Almaz” December 2018 of the year, launched 20 November 2020 of the year. Project 21180M, on which it is built, is a further development of the project 21180 with a single icebreaker “Ilya Muromets”. Unlike the base icebreaker, new is “lite version” with less draft, which will allow him to work in shallow water.
Full displacement - 4080 tonnes, body length - 82 m, width - 19 m, sediment - 4,6 m. Speed - up 14 knots, cruising range - 7600 miles, autonomy - 30 day. crew - 28 human. There is a platform for placing a helicopter. The icebreaker is capable of breaking ice up to 1 meters at a speed 2 host.
The vessel is designed to support the basing and deployment of fleet forces in ice conditions, independent pilotage of ships and vessels, as well as their towing in ice conditions.
