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Akademik Shuleykin-class research vessel

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Arnold Veimer as HSwMS Trossö in Swedish Navy service
Class overview
NameAkademik Shuleykin class (Project 637)
BuildersValmetin Laivateollisuus Oy, Turku, Finland
Operators
Completed10
Active9
Scrapped1
General characteristics as built
TypeIce-strengthened research vessels
Tonnage1,753 GRT
Displacement2,140 t (2,110 long tons)
Length71.6 m (234 ft 11 in)
Beam12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draft4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Depth6.45 m (21 ft 2 in)
Propulsion2 × diesel engines, 3,120 hp (2,330 kW)
Speed10–14 knots (19–26 km/h; 12–16 mph)
Endurance70 days

The Akademik Shuleykin class consists of a series of Finnish-built ice-strengthened ships constructed for the USSR. Originally used for oceanographic research, several of these vessels have been converted for tourism in Arctic/Antarctic waters, accommodating approximately 50 passengers.

Ships in class

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  • Akademik Shuleykin 1982 IMO: 8010324; renamed Polar Pioneer (now converted for tourism);[1]
  • Akademik Shokalskiy, 1982 IMO: 8010336 (1998 converted for tourism)
  • Professor Molchanov, 1982 IMO: 8010348 (converted for tourism)
  • Professor Khromov, 1983 IMO: 8010350; renamed Spirit of Enderby (now converted for tourism)
  • Professor Multanovskiy, 1983 IMO: 8010362 (converted for tourism)
  • Akademik Gamburtsye, 1983 IMO: 8118994; 1997 renamed Fregat; 2003 renamed Nordsyssel (used by the governor of Svalbard); 2014 renamed Polar Surveyor (survey ship for Gardline Marine Sciences); 2020 renamed Nansen Explorer and converted to polar expedition yacht for Nansen Polar Expeditions
  • Arnold Veymer, 1984 IMO 8119027; 1991 renamed Livonia; transferred to Estonia as a patrol and pollution cleanup ship, sold to Sweden and converted again (now HSwMS Trossö)
  • Akademik Golitsyn, 1984 IMO: 8119003 (Академик Голицын)
  • Professor Polshkov, 1984 IMO: 8119015 (scrapped 2013)
  • Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin, 1985 IMO: 8119039

References

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  1. ^ "Polar Pioneer". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
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