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World Navies Today:
Russian Civilian Scientific & SupportVessels
Revised 18 October 2001Version 1.02
Compiled and Maintained by: Andrew ToppanWorld Navies Today Main Page: http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/
This list includes all known Russian government owned/operated vessels subordinated tocivilian (non-naval) agencies of the government. Only vessels over 500 tons displacementare included. Non-self-propelled craft and non-seagoing vessels are not included.
Ships not yet commissioned, or in long-term overhaul/conversion, are listed in italics.Navigation and surface-search radars are not listed. All classifications are purelyunofficial and are based on an attempt to use standard classifications throughout allnavies; they may or may not correspond to "official" designations.
State of the Russian Fleet: Due to continued political, economic and societal chaos inRussia, the Fleet is in a badly deteriorated state. Even those ships that remain incommission and theoretically operational are generally unable to deploy, due to lack oftrained crews and lack of funds to buy fuel and stores. In general maintenance is minimalor nonexistent, and there are no funds to conduct much-needed overhauls, even for majorfleet units. Many ships have been abandoned when repairs or refits came due.
This list identifies those units believed to remain operational, but most of these units areunable to deploy for the reasons cited above. Ships in refit are listed only when there is areasonable chance of them returning to service. Ships laid up pending refit generally arelisted, as they could return to service if funding became available.
Many ships, especially auxiliaries, have been operating in commercial or charter freightor passenger service to raise operating funds. These are listed as active units, as theycould rapidly return to naval roles if required.
Fleets: The following abbreviations are used to indicate fleet assignements:NOR: Northern Fleet, headquarters at Severomorsk.PAC: Pacific Fleet, headquarters at Vladivostok.BLK: Black Sea Fleet, headquarters at Sevastopol.BALT: Baltic Sea Fleet, headquarters at Kaliningrad.CASP: Caspian Flotilla.RIV: Units assigned to service on inland rivers.
Ministry of the Merchant MarineMinistry of the Gas Industry and oil/gas exploration shipsHydrometeorological Service and weather shipsAcademy of SciencesMinistry of GeologyMinistry of FisheriesOther Scientific ShipsSail Training Ships
Ministry of the Merchant MarineArktika class nuclear powered polar icebreakers (3+1
ships)
Displacement: 23,625 tons full load (last unit: 25,800 tons full load)Dimensions: 150 x 30 x 11 meters/492.1 x 98.4 x 36.1 feet (last unit: 159.6 x 30 x 11meters/523.6 x 98.4 x 36.1 feet)Propulsion: Steam turbine-electric, 2 reactors, 3 shafts, 72,000 shp, 20.5 knotsCrew: 147 + 35 passengersRadar: MR-760 Fregat-MA/Top Plate 3-D air search in someAviation: aft flight deck and hangar for 2 Ka-32 helicopters
Concept/Program: Large, highly capable icebreakers intended for service in heavy polarice conditions. Are the world's most powerful icebreakers; all units have been to theNorth Pole at least once. Have lavish accommodations and have been used as polar cruiseships in recent years. The final unit is being built to a modified design, withaccommodations for 100 passengers, but construction has stalled.
Builders: Baltic SY, St. Petersburg.
Disposals/Reserve: Arktika and Sibir' have been laid up since 1992, reportedly due tosevere hull deterioration; they probably will not return to service.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesRossiya 1985 NORSovetskiy Soyuz 1990 NORYamal 1992 NOR50 Let Pobedy suspended
Yermak class polar icebreakers (2 ships)
Displacement: 20,241 tons full loadDimensions: 134.83 x 26.07 x 11 meters/442.4 x 85.5 x 36.1 feetPropulsion: Diesel-electric, 9 Sulzer diesels, 3 shafts, 36,000 shp, 19.5 knotsCrew: 91 + 55 passengersAviation: aft helicopter deck
Concept/Program: Russia's most powerful non-nuclear icebreakers.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
Disposals/Reserve: Kapitan Makarov scrapped 1995.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesYermak 1974 PAC VladivostokKrasin 1976 NOR Murmansk
Discarded Classes: All five Moskva class polar icebreakers stricken by 1997.
Taymyr class large nuclear powered coastal icebreakers(2 ships)
Displacement: 23,460 tons full loadDimensions: 150.2 x 29.2 x 9 meters/492.8 x 95.8 x 29.5 feetPropulsion: Steam turbine-electric, 1 KLT-40M reactor, 2 turbines, 3 shafts, 48,000 shp,22 knotsCrew: 110 + flight crew + medical personnelAviation: aft helicopter deck and hangar for 1 Ka-32 helicopter
Concept/Program: Very large icebreakers intended for service in Arctic estuaries andother shallow areas. Russia's largest icebreakers, by displacement. Can break 1.8meter/5.9 foot ice continuously.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland/completed by Baltic SY, St. Petersburg.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesTaymyr 1989 NORVaygach 1990 NOR
Kapitan Sorokin large coastal icebreaker (1 ship)
Displacement: 17,000 tons full loadDimensions: 138 x 30.5 x 8.5 meters/452.8 x 100.1 x 27.9 feetPropulsion: Diesel-electric, 6 Sulzer diesels, 3 shafts, 22,300 shp, 19 knotsCrew: 76Aviation: aft helicopter deck and hangar for 1 helicopter
Concept/Program: Formerly a standard unit of the class listed below; has been refittedwith an englarged bow to improve icebreaking capabilities. Intended for work in shallowcoastal waters. Fitted for towing and salvage.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesKapitan Sorokin 1977 NOR Murmansk
Kapitan Sorokin class large coastal icebreakers (3 ships)
Displacement: 14,790 tons full load (K. Nikolayev: 15,200 tons full load)Dimensions: 132.4 x 26.5 x 8.5 meters/424.4 x 86.9 x 27.9 feet (K. Nikolayev: 134.18 x26.5 x 8.5 meters/440.2 x 86.9 x 27.9 feet)Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 6 Sulzer diesels, 3 shafts, 22,300 shp, 19 knotsCrew: 76Aviation: aft helicopter deck and hangar for 1 helicopter
Concept/Program: Non-nuclear icebreakers for work in shallow coastal waters. Capableof breaking 1.4 meter/4.6 foot ice continuously; fitted for towing and salvage. Classleadship has been modified with a new bow and is listed separately, above.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesKapitan Nikolayev 1978 NOR MurmanskKapitan Dranitsyn 1980 PAC VladivostokKapitan Khlebnikov 1981 PAC Vladivostok
Mudyug coastal icebreaker (1 ship)
Displacement: 7,775 tons full loadDimensions: 111.36 x 22.2 x 6.5 meters/365.4 x 72.8 x 21.3 feetPropulsion: 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 9,380 bhp, 17.45 knotsCrew: 34 + 9 transients
Concept/Program: Formerly a standard unit of the class listed below; has been refittedwith an englarged bow to improve icebreaking capabilities. Intended for operations inshallow, protected seas; can break 1 meter/3.3 foot ice.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesMudyug 1982 NOR Arkhangel'sk
Mudyug class coastal icebreakers (2 ships)
Displacement: 6,210 tons full loadDimensions: 92 x 21.4 x 6.5 meters/301.9 x 70.2 x 21.3 feetPropulsion: 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 9,380 bhp, 17.45 knotsCrew: 34
Concept/Program: Smaller icebreakers intended for operations in shallow, protectedseas; can break .5 meter/1.6 foot ice. Class leadship has been modified with a new bowand is listed separately, above.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesMagadan 1982 PAC VladivostokDikson 1983 NOR Murmansk
Dobrynya Nikitich class port icebreakers (6 ships)
Displacement: 2,675-2,940 tons full loadDimensions: 67.7 x 18.29 x 6.06 meters/222.1 x 60 x 19.9 feetPropulsion: Diesel-electric, 3 diesels, 2 shafts, 5,400 shp, 14.5 knots; 1 bow shaftCrew: 39
Concept/Program: Standard Soviet/Russian port icebreakers; this class and variants areor were operated by several Soviet/Russian agencies and several foreign nations. Oftenused as ocean tugs in the summer.
Builders: Admiralty SY, St. Petersburg.
Disposals/Reserve: Several sisters discarded 1990's.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesKhariton Laptev 1962 PAC VaninoYerofey Khabarov 1963Ivan Kruzhenshtern 1964 BALT St. PetersburgYuriy Lisyanskiy 1965 BALT St. PetersburgIvan Moskvitin 1971 PAC VladivostokSemen Dezhnev 1971 BALT St. Petersburg
Discarded Classes: All three Kapitan Belosuv class port icebreakers had been discardedby 1996.
Kapitan Yevdokimov class river icebreakers (9 ships)
Displacement: 2,200 tons full loadDimensions: 76.5 x 16.6 x 2.5 meters/251 x 54.5 x 8.2 feetPropulsion: Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 4 shafts (2 forward, 2 aft); 5,170 shp, 13.5 knotsCrew: 25
Concept/Program: Intended for service in Arctic rivers.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesKapitan Yevdokimov 1983Kapitan Babichev 1983Kapitan Borodkin 1983Kapitan Chudinov 1983Kapitan Evdokimov 1983Avraamiy Zavenyagin 1984Kapitan Metsayk 1984Kapitan Demidov 1984Kapitan Moshkin 1986
Kapitan Chechkin class river icebreakers (6 ships)
Displacement: 2,240 tons full loadDimensions: 77.6 x 16.3 x 3.3 meters/254.6 x 53.5 x 10.8 feetPropulsion: Diesel-electric, 3 diesels, 3 shafts, 6,300 shp, 14 knotsCrew: 28
Concept/Program: Intended for service in Arctic rivers. Can break 1 meter/3.3 foot ice.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesKapitan Chechkin 1977Kapitan Plakhin 1977Kapitan Bukayev 1978Kapitan Chadayev 1978Kapitan Krutov 1978Kapitan Zarubin 1978
Kapitan M. Izmaylov class river icebreakers (3 ships)
Displacement: 2,048 tons full loadDimensions: 56.29 x 16.03 x 4.2 meters/184.7 x 52.6 x 13.8 feetPropulsion: Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 3,400 shp, 14 knotsCrew: 24
Concept/Program: Intended for service on inland rivers and seas. Fitted for towing,salvage and firefighting. Kapitan A. Radzhabov may have been transferred to Azerbaijan.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesKapitan M. Izmaylov 1976 CASP AstrakhanKapitan A. Radzhabov 1976Kapitan Kosolabov 1976 AZOV Mariupol
Stroptivyy class icebreaking rescue tugs (7 ships)
Displacement: 4,200 tons full loadDimensions: 72.7 x 18.01 x 6.46 meters/238.5 x 59.1 x 21.2 feetPropulsion: 2 Pielstick diesels, 2 shafts, 7,600 bhp, 15 knotsCrew: 40 + 12 rescuees/passengers
Concept/Program: Large icebreaking tugs intended to support the fishing fleets innorthern seas. Equipped for firefighting, salvage, ocean towing, and repair duties.
Builders: Wartsila, Helsinki, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesStroptivyy 1979Stakhanovets 1980Sibirskiy 1980Spravedlivyy 1982Suvorovets 1982Fobos 1983Deymos 1983
Ministry of the Gas Industry and oil/gasexploration ships
(This section lists ships subordinated to the Ministry of the Gas Industry, and oil/gasexploration ships of unknown subordination)
Bavenit class research drillships (2 ships)
Displacement: 5,300 tons full loadDimensions: 85.81 x 16.81 x 5.6 meters/281.5 x 55.2 x 18.4 feetPropulsion: Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 6,000 shp, 12.75 knotsCrew: 65
Concept/Program: Research drillships built for the Arctic Complex Marine GeologyExpedition of the Ministry of the Gas Industry.
Builders: Hollming, Rauma, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesBavenit 1986Bakerit 1986
Akademik Fersman (B-93 type) geophysical researchships (4 ships)
Displacement: 3,250 tons full loadDimensions: 81.87 x 14.83 x 5 meters/268.6 x 48.7 x 16.4 feetPropulsion: 1 Sulzer diesel, 1 shaft, 4,200 bhp, 14.5 knotsCrew: 31 + 29 mission crew
Concept/Program: Research ships built the "Shel'f" offshore oil exploration project. Icestrengthened hulls.
Builders: A. Warski SY, Szczecin, Poland.
Disposals/Reserve: 5 other units have been sold or placed on long-term charter.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesAkademik Shatskiy 1986Akademik Sel'skiy 1986Akademik Lazarev 1986Akademik Kreps 1989
Modified Akademik Shuleykin class seismic survey ships(2 ships)
Displacement: 2,554 tons full loadDimensions: 74.61 x 12.83 x 4.7 meters/244.8 x 42.1 x 15.4 feetPropulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 3,126 bhp, 14 knotsCrew: 31-38 + 31-38 mission crew
Concept/Program: Modified versions of the Shuleykin class weather ships, built for theMinistry of the Gas Industry as seismic survey/research ships. A sister serves theMinistry of Geology.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesAkademik Golitsyn 1984 NOR MurmanskProfessor Polshkov 1984 NOR Murmansk
Trias research drillship (1 ship)
Displacement: ?? (2,500 grt)Dimensions: 71.4 x 16.01 x ?? meters/234.3 x 52.5 x ?? feetPropulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 2,800 bhp, ?? knotsCrew: ??
Concept/Program: Japanese-built research ship fitted with a drilling tower; no otherdetails known. Has been employed in commercial cargo service in recent years.
Builders: Fukushima Zosen, Matsue, Japan.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesTrias 1984 PAC
Diorit (Modified Al'pinist) class coastal researchdrillships (2 ships)
Displacement: 1,140-1,185 tons full loadDimensions: 53.65 x 10.51 x 4.9 meters/176 x 34.5 x 16.1 feetPropulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 1,320 bhp, 12.5 knotsCrew: 26 + 11 mission crew
Concept/Program: Sternhaul trawlers modified as geophysical resarch drillships for theMinistry of the Gas Industry, for service in the Baltic. A sister serves the Ministry ofGeology.
Builders: Yaroslavl' SY.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesDiorit 1983 BALT KaliningradDiabaz 1983 BALT Kaliningrad
Iskatek'-2 class coastal geophysical research ships (3ships)
Displacement: 742 tons full loadDimensions: 49.3 x 18.2 x 1.52 meters/161.7 x 59.7 x 5 feetPropulsion: 2 Sulzer diesels, 2 shafts, 1,140 bhp, 11.9 knotsCrew: 15 + 10 mission crew
Concept/Program: Catameran-hulled research ships built for shallow water work insupport of the "Shel'f" offshore oil exploration project.
Builders: Stocznia Wisla, Gdansk, Poland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesIskatek'-2 1986Iskatek'-3 1987Iskatek'-4 1988
Professor Ryabinkin (Professor Fedinskiy class) coastalgeophysical research ship (1 ship)
Displacement: approx. 580 tons full loadDimensions: 49.92 x 10.65 x 2 meters/163.8 x 34.9 x 6.6 feetPropulsion: Diesel-electric, 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 1,114 shp, 11 knotsCrew: 30
Concept/Program: Built for the Ministry of the Gas Industry.
Builders: Rauma-Repola, Savonlinna, Finland.
Disposals/Reserve: Professor Fedinskiy to Azerbaijan.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesProfessor Ryabinkin 1989 CASP
Hydrometeorological Service and weatherships
(This section lists ships subordinated to the Hydrometeorological Service, and weatherships of unknown subordination)
Mikhail Somov (Amguema class) polar logistics ship (1ship)
Displacement: 11,290 tons full loadDimensions: 133.13 x 18.85 x 9.05 meters/371.2 x 61.8 x 29.7 feetPropulsion: Diesel-electric, 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 7,150 shp, 15 knotsCrew: 54Cargo: approx. 6,500 tons
Concept/Program: A standard commercial icebreaking passenger/cargo ship formerlyused by the Arctic and Antarctic Institute as a resupply ship; now assigned to theHydrometeorological Service.
Builders: Kherson SY, Ukraine.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesMikhail Somov 1975
Akademik Kurchatov class weather reporting ships (4ships)
Displacement: 6,986 tons full loadDimensions: 124.2 x 17 x 6.1 meters/407.5 x 55.8 x 20 feetPropulsion: 2 MAN diesels, 2 shafts, 8,000 shp, 18.3 knotsCrew: 80 + 74 mission crew
Concept/Program: Large weather reporting ships; resemble small cruise ships in design.Two sisters assigned to the Academy of Sciences. Mostly inactive since 1991.
Builders: Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. Built 1966-1968.
Disposals/Reserve: Professor Zubov now in Ukranian commercial service.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesAkademik Korolev 196? PAC VladivostokAkademik Shirskov 196? PAC Vladivostok
Akademik Vernadskiy 196? BLK SevastopolProfessor Vize 196?
Passat class weather reporting ships (3 ships)
Displacement: 4,145 tons full loadDimensions: 96.9 x 13.8 x 5.3 meters/317.9 x 45.3 x 17.4 feetPropulsion: 2 Sulzer diesels, 2 shafts, 4,800 bhp, 16 knotsCrew: 50-55 + 50-60 mission crew
Concept/Program: Large weather reporting/research ships built for the HydrometService. Are now largely employed in carrying commercial cargoes.
Builders: A. Warski SY, Szczecin, Poland. Built 1969-1970.
Disposals/Reserve: Six sisters and near-sisters are now in Ukranian commercial service.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesOkean PAC VladivostokPriboy PAC VladivostokPriliv PAC Vladivostok
Georgiy Sedov (Dobrynya Nikitich) class weatherreporting ships (2 ships)
Displacement: 2,675-2,940 tons full loadDimensions: 67.7 x 18.29 x 6.06 meters/222 x 59.9 x 19.9 feetPropulsion: Diesel-electric, 3 diesels, 2 shafts, 5,400 shp, 14.5 knots; 1 bow shaftCrew: 39
Concept/Program: Standard Soviet/Russian port icebreakers modified as weatherreporting ships for the Hydromet Service.
Builders: Admiralty SY, St. Petersburg.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesGeorgiy Sedov 1965Petr Pakhtusov 1966
Valerian Uryvayev class weather reporting ships (3ships)
Displacement: 1,050-1,124 tons full loadDimensions: 54.8-55.6 x 9.5 x 4.27 meters/179.8-182.4 x 31.2 x 14 feetPropulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 880 bhp, 11 knotsCrew: 20-25 + 10-15 mission crew
Concept/Program: Hydrometeorological Service-operated versions of a widely-usedresearch/survey ship class; outfitted for weather research/reporting duties.
Builders: Khabarovsk SY.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesVesvlod Berezkin 1975 NOR MurmanskDalnziye Zelentsy 1978 NOR MurmanskValerian Uryvayev 1988 PAC
Vadim Popov class weather reporting/coastal logisticsships (5 ships)
Displacement: approx. 960 tons full loadDimensions: 49.9 x 10 x 3.5 meters/163.7 x 32.8 x 11.5 feetPropulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 1,340 bhp, 12 knotsCrew: 21 + 7 mission crew + 7 passengers/transients
Concept/Program: Small coastal cargo ships intended for resupply of remote stationsand for weather reporting duties.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
Disposals/Reserve: Vasily Lominadze to Azerbaijan.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesVadim Popov 1986 PACViktor Buynitskiy 1986 NOR MurmanskPavel Gordienko 1987 PACIgor Maksimov 1987 PACIvan Petrov 1988 PAC
Academy of SciencesAkademik Kurchatov class oceanographic research ships
(2 ships)
Displacement: 6,986 tons full loadDimensions: 124.2 x 17 x 6.1 meters/407.5 x 55.8 x 20 feetPropulsion: 2 MAN diesels, 2 shafts, 8,000 shp, 18.3 knotsCrew: 80 + 74 mission crew
Concept/Program: Large oceanographic research ships; resemble small cruise ships indesign. Four sisters are weather reporting ships for the Hydromet Service. Mostlyinactive since 1991.
Builders: Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. Built 1966-1968.
Disposals/Reserve: Professor Zubov now in Ukranian commercial service.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesAkademik Kurchatov BALTDmitriy Mendeleyev PAC Vladivostok
Vityaz' class survey ships (3 ships)
Displacement: 5,700 tons full loadDimensions: 110.93 x 16.62 x 5.7 meters/363.9 x 54.5 x 18.7 feetPropulsion: 2 Sulzer diesels, 2 shafts, 6,400 bhp, 16 knotsCrew: 61 + 65 mission crew
Concept/Program: Large, well-equipped survey ships designed for worldwide seafloorsurvey work. Carry small submersibles.
Builders: A. Warski SY, Szczecin, Poland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesVityaz' 1981 BLK NovorossiyskAdademik Aleksandr Nesmeyanov 1982 PAC VladivostokAdademik Aleksandr Vinogradov 1983 PAC Vladivostok
Akademik Mstislav Keldysh oceanographic research ship(1 ship)
Displacement: 5,500 tons full loadDimensions: 122.21 x 17.81 x 5.9 meters/401 x 58.4 x 19.4 feetPropulsion: 4 diesels, 2 shafts, 5,820 bhp, 16 knotsCrew: 65 + 65 mission crew
Concept/Program: Large general-purpose oceanographic research ship built for theAcademy of Sciences; carries two research submersibles.
Builders: Hollming SY, Rauma, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesAdademik Mstislav Keldysh 1980 BALT Kaliningrad
Akademik Boris Petrov class oceanographic researchships (4 ships)
Displacement: 2,325-2,550 tons full loadDimensions: 75.45 x 14.7 x 4.7 meters/247.5 x 48.2 x 15.4 feetPropulsion: 2 Pielstick diesels, 1 shaft, 3,430 bhp, 15.5 knotsCrew: 41 + 26 mission crew + 7 transients
Concept/Program: General-purpose research ships built for the Institute forGeochemistry and Analytical Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences. 5th and 6th unitsapparently cancelled or never ordered.
Builders: Hollming, Rauma, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesAkademik Boris Petrov 1984Akademik M.A. Lavrent'yev 1984Akademik Nikolay Strakhov 1985Akademik Oparin 1985
Akademik Shuleykin class weather reporting ships (5ships)
Displacement: 2,140 tons full loadDimensions: 71.6 x 12.8 x 4.85 meters/234.9 x 42 x 15.9 feet
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 3,120 bhp, 14 knotsCrew: 38 + 38 mission crew
Concept/Program: Weather reporting ships built for the Academy of Sciences.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesAkademik Shuleykin 1982 BALT St. PetersburgProfessor Pavel Molchanov 1982 NOR MurmanskAkademik Shokalskiy 1982 PAC VladivostokProfessor Khromov 1983 PAC VladivostokProfessor Mul'tanovskiy 1983 BALT St. Petersburg
Zarya (Korall class) oceanographic research ship (1ship)
Displacement: approx. 600 tons full loadDimensions: 52.56 x 8.97 x 3.38 meters/172.4 x 29.4 x 11 feetPropulsion: Sail, 3 masts; 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 300 bhp, 7-8 knotsCrew: 35 + 10 mission crew
Concept/Program: A survivor of a large class of three masted schooners built byFinland as war reparations. Now used by the Institute of Earth Magentism, Ionoshphericand Radio Wave Propagation of the Academy of Sciences. Two sisters survive in otherroles; see below.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesZarya 1952 NOR Murmansk
Ministry of GeologyGeolog Dmitriy Nalybkin (Modified Akademik Shuleykin
class) seismic survey ship (1 ship)
Displacement: 2,554 tons full loadDimensions: 74.61 x 12.83 x 4.7 meters/244.8 x 42.1 x 15.4 feetPropulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 3,126 bhp, 14 knotsCrew: 31-38 + 31-38 mission crew
Concept/Program: Modified version of the Shuleykin class weather ships, outfitted as aseismic survey/research ship for the Ministry of Geology.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesGeolog Dmitriy Nalyvkin 1985 NOR Murmansk
Poligon (Modified Al'pinist) class research drillship (1ship)
Displacement: 1,250 tons full loadDimensions: 53.65 x 10.51 x 4.9 meters/176 x 34.5 x 16.1 feetPropulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 1,320 bhp, 12.5 knotsCrew: 26 + 11 mission crew
Concept/Program: Sternhaul trawler modified as geophysical resarch drillships for theMinistry of Geology. Sisters serve the Ministry of the Gas Industry.
Builders: Yaroslavl' SY.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesPoligon 1989
Geolog Primor'ye coastal geophysical research ship (1ship)
Displacement: 791 tons full loadDimensions: 85.3 x 18.2 x 3.6 meters/279.9 x 59.7 x 118.1 feetPropulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 1,200 bhp, 9 knotsCrew: ??
Concept/Program: Catameran-hulled research ship operated by the Ministry ofGeology. Can lay a four point moor.
Builders: unknown, Vladivostok.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesGeolog Primor'ye 1983 PAC Nakhodka
Discarded Classes: The new research ship Dalmorgeologiya was cancelled in 1992, aswas a new research icebreaker being built in Finland.
Ministry of FisheriesRift (Modified Al'pinist) class oceanographic research
ships (2 ships)
Displacement: 1,140-1,185 tons full loadDimensions: 53.65 x 10.51 x 4.9 meters/176 x 34.5 x 16.1 feetPropulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 1,320 bhp, 12.5 knotsCrew: 26 + 11 mission crew
Concept/Program: Sternhaul trawlers modified as oceanographic research ships,carrying small manned submersibles.
Builders: Yaroslavl' SY.
Disposals/Reserve: Gidrooptik taken over by Georgia.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesRift 1982Gidronavt 1983
Other Scientific Ships(This section lists ships whose subordination is unknown, and those ships subordinated to
agencies that do not have their own section in this list.)
Akademik Fedorov polar logistics ship (1 ship)
Displacement: 16,020 tons full loadDimensions: 141.2 x 23.5 x 8.5 meters/463.3 x 77.1 x 27.9 feetPropulsion: Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 18,132 shp, 16 knotsCrew: 90 + 160 passengersAviation: aft helicopter deck and hangar for 1 Ka-32S helicopter
Concept/Program: Large icebreaking cargo ship built for the Arctic and AntarcticInstitute to support installations in the Antarctic. Can break 1.8 meter/5.9 foot ice.
Builders: Rauma-Repola, Rauma, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesAkademik Fedorov 1987
Kosmonavt Pavel Belyayev class space event supportships (4 ships)
Displacement: 7,230 tons full loadDimensions: 121.8 x 16.7 x 5.6 meters/399.6 x 54.8 x 18.4 feetPropulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 5,200 bhp, 15 knotsCrew: 56 + 70-80 mission crew
Concept/Program: Converted from Vytegrales class timber carriers. Operated by theNavy until transferred to the Ministry of Space in 1995. Mostly inactive since 1991.
Builders: Construction and conversion by Severnaya Verf 190, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesKosmonavt Pavel Belyayev 1963/77Kosmonavt Vladislav Volkov 1964/77Kosmonavt Viktor Patseyev 1968/78Kosmonavt Georgiy Dobrovolskiy 1968/78
Discarded Classes: All other space event support ships discarded as follows: AkademikNikolay Pilyugin sold incomplete for conversion to a cruise ship, Kosmonavt Yuriy
Gagarin and Akademik Sergey Korolev to Ukraine upon the breakup of the USSR andsold for scrapping in 1997; all four Borovichi class sold for scrapping 1989.
Akademik Sergei Vavilov class oceanographic researchships (2 ships)
Displacement: 6,600 tons full loadDimensions: 117.13 x 18.22 x 5.9 meters/384.3 x 59.8 x 19.4 feetPropulsion: 2 Pielstick diesels, 2 shafts, 6,934 bhp, 15 knotsCrew: 75 + 52 mission crew
Concept/Program: Large oceanographic research ships; both have operated incommercial cruiseship service since 1994.
Builders: Hollming, Rauma, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesAkademik Sergei Vavilov 1988Akademik Ioffe 1989
Modified Pulkovskiy Meridian class oceanographicresearch ships (9 ships)
Displacement: 5,500-5,715 tons full loadDimensions: 104.5 x 16 x 6.35 meters/342.8 x 52.5 x 20.8 feetPropulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,900-7,004 bhp, 14.5-15.5 knotsCrew: approx. 52 + 40 mission crew
Concept/Program: Converted from sternhaul factory trawlers while under construction.Employed in various research roles, and vary greatly in equipment and appearance."Geolog" named units are probably subordinated to the Ministry of Geology.
Builders: Chernomorskiy SY, Nikolayev, Ukraine.
Disposals/Reserve: Geolog Petr Antropov sold 1995.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesXVII Syezd Profsoyuzov 1982Morskoy Geolog 1983 PACAkademik Aleksander Karpinskiy 1984Akademik Aleksander Sidorenko 1985Geolog Fersman 1986
Sevmorgeologiya 1989Gelendzhik 1990Professor Logachev 1991Yuzhmorgeologiya 1992
Dmitriy Ovtsyn class coastal survey ships (15 ships)
Displacement: 1,650-1,675 tons full loadDimensions: 68.75 x 11.9 x 4.2-4.5 meters/225.6 x 39 x 13.8-14.8 feetPropulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 2,200 bhp, 12 knotsCrew: 35 + 25 mission crew
Concept/Program: General-purpose survey ships, subordinated to the Ministry of theMaritime Fleet, Academy of Sciences, and Hydromet Service.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku/Abo, Finland.
Disposals/Reserve: Four sisters to Ukraine upon the breakup of the USSR.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesDmitriy Laptev 1970Dmitriy Ovtsyn 1970Dmitri Sterlevgov 1971Eduard Toll 1972Nikolay Kolomeytsev 1972Nikolay Yevgenov 1974Vladimir Sukhtskiy 1974Fyodor Matisen 1976Professor Bogorov 1976Georgiy Maksomov 1977Ivan Kireyev 1977Pavel Bashmakov 1977Yakov Smirnitskiy 1977Professor Shtokman 1979
Aleksey Maryshev class coastal survey ships (3 ships)
Displacement: 1,570 tons full loadDimensions: 64.9 x 12.92 x 3.6 meters/212.9 x 42.4 x 11.8 feetPropulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 3,500 bhp, 13.9 knotsCrew: 40
Concept/Program: Small survey ships built for use along arctic coasts and rivers;resemble buoy tenders. At least two have been employed in carrying commercial cargoesin recent years.
Builders: Hollming, Rauma/Turku, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesAleksey Maryshev 1991Petr Kottsov 1991Grigoriy Mikheyev 1991
Valerian Uryvayev class oceanographic research ships(14 ships)
Displacement: 1,050-1,124 tons full loadDimensions: 54.8-55.6 x 9.5 x 4.27 meters/179.8-182.4 x 31.1 x 14 feetPropulsion: 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 880 bhp, 11 knotsCrew: 20-25 + 10-15 mission crew
Concept/Program: General-purpose research ships employed in various roles by theArctic and Antarctic Institute and the Academy of Science. Sisters serve the HydrometService.
Builders: Khabarovsk SY.
Disposals/Reserve: Several sisters transferred to other nations upon the breakup of theUSSR.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesPoisk 1974 PACMorskoy Geofizik 1975 PACVulkanolog 1976 PACIskatel' 1977 PACVyacheslav Frolov 1979 PACVladimir Obruchev 1984 PACIssledovatel' 1988 CASPProfessor Gagarinskiy 1989 PACChayvo 1982 PACElm 1982 CASPGeofizikh 1983 PACKern 1991 NOR Murmansk
Impuls 1992 PACKapitan Prikhodko 1995 PAC
Polyarnyy Odissey (Korall class) oceanographic researchship (1 ship)
Displacement: approx. 600 tons full loadDimensions: 52.56 x 8.97 x 3.38 meters/172.4 x 29.4 x 11 feetPropulsion: Sail, 3 masts; 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 300 bhp, 7-8 knotsCrew: 35 + 10 mission crew
Concept/Program: A survivor of a large class of three masted schooners built byFinland as war reparations. Now used by the Northern Branch of the RussianGeophysical Society. Two sisters survive in other roles.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesPolyarnyy Odissey 1950 NOR
Kapitan V.N. Aktylov (Modified T-43 class) coastaloceanographic research ship (1 ship)
Displacement: 580 tons full loadDimensions: 58 x 8.5 x 2.3 meters/190.3 x 27.9 x 7.5 feetPropulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 2,200 bhp, 14.5 knotsCrew: 16 + 12 mission crew
Concept/Program: Former T-43 minesweeper converted to an acoustical monitoringship, then to a research ship. Subordinated to the A.N. Krylov Research Institute.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesKapitan V.N. Aktylov BLK
Discarded Classes: Research ship Vladimir Parshin is now Azerbaijani property;Akademik Aleksey Krylov, Izumrud, and Akademik Petrovskiy are now Ukranian property;Otto Schmidt was sold in 1992. Surviving Akademik Aleksey Krylov class ocean surveyships were laid up in 1994.
Sail Training ShipsSedov sail training ship (1 ship)
Displacement: ??Dimensions: ??Propulsion: Sail, 4 mastsCrew: ??
Concept/Program: Large four-masted bark, originally a German-owned working sailingship, taken over by the USSR in 1946. Operated by the Kaliningrad Higher MarineEngineering College. Largest active sailing ship in the world.
Builders: unknown, Hamburg, Germany.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesSedov 1921/46 BALT Kaliningrad
Kruzenshtern sail training ship (1 ship)
Displacement: ??Dimensions: 177 x ?? x ?? metersPropulsion: Sail, 4 mastsCrew: ??
Concept/Program: Large four-masted bark, originally a German-owned working sailingship, taken over by the USSR in 1946. Operated by the Kaliningrad Higher MarineEngineering College. Second-largest active sailing ship in the world.
Builders: unknown, Hamburg, Germany.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesKruzenshtern 1926/46
Mir class sail training ships (4 ships)
Displacement: 2,986 tons full loadDimensions: 108.6 x 14 x 6.6 meters/356.3 x 45.9 x 21.7 feetPropulsion: Sail, 3 masts; 2 Sulzer diesels, 2 shafts, 1,140 bhp, 17 knotsCrew: 53 + 90 cadets
Concept/Program: Group of four relatively modern sail training vessels; three mastedfull-rigged ships.
Builders: Stocznia Gdansk, Poland. Built late 1980's.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesMir 1987 BALT St. PetersburgPallada 1989 PAC VladivostokDruzhbaNadezhda
Kodor (Korall class) sail training ship (1 ship)
Displacement: approx. 600 tons full loadDimensions: 52.56 x 8.97 x 3.38 meters/172.4 x 29.4 x 11 feetPropulsion: Sail, 3 masts; 1 diesel, 1 shaft, 300 bhp, 7-8 knotsCrew: 35 + 10 mission crew
Concept/Program: A survivor of a large class of three masted schooners built byFinland as war reparations. Now used by the St. Petersburg Higher Engineering MarineCollege as a training ship. Two sisters survive in other roles.
Builders: Laivateollisuus SY, Turku, Finland.
Name Year FLT Homeport NotesKodor 195? BALT St. Petersburg
Discarded Classes: Sail training ship Tovarishch is now Ukranian.
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