Kapitan Dranitsyn

Kapitan Dranitsyn in 2006
History
Russia
NameKapitan Dranitsyn
OwnerRussian Federation
OperatorMurmansk Shipping Company
Port of registryMurmansk,  Russia
BuilderWärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland
Yard number429
Launched1975
Completed2 December 1980
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class & typeIcebreaker
Tonnage
Displacement14,917 tons
Length129.02 m (423.3 ft) (overall)
Beam26.54 m (87.1 ft)
Draft8.50 m (27.9 ft)
Depth12.30 m (40.4 ft)
Ice classRMRS LL3
Installed power6 × Wärtsilä-Sulzer 9ZL40/48 (6 × 3,040 kW)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric; three shafts (3 × 5,400 kW)
  • Three 4-bladed fixed-pitch propellers
Speed
  • 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) in open water
  • 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) in 1.3 m (4.3 ft) level ice
Capacity102 passengers
Crew60
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter deck

Kapitan Dranitsyn (Russian: «Капитан Драницын») is a Russian icebreaker, built in Finland for the former Soviet Union. Since October 1995 she has been used as a research vessel by AARI. She also offers excursions in the Arctic Ocean north of Russia.