Icebreaker Magadan
Encyclopedia
The Icebreaker Magadan is a large modern Russia
n icebreaker
.
She was completed in 1982
and is the smallest of Fesco Transport Group
's fleet of five icebreakers.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n icebreaker
Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...
.
She was completed in 1982
and is the smallest of Fesco Transport Group
Fesco Transport Group
FESCO Transportation Group is the largest intermodal transport operator in Russia, which provides its customers a wide range of services and logistical solutions, including marine shipping, rail transportation and port handling via more than 70 sales offices located around the world. The base...
's fleet of five icebreakers.
Specifications
| characteristics | value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 88.49 m | ||||||
| Beam | 20.00 m | ||||||
| Draft | 10.50 m | ||||||
| Speed | 16 knots | ||||||
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Service
- 2006: chartered by a joint expedition to survey WalrusWalrusThe walrus is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous circumpolar distribution in the Arctic Ocean and sub-Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only living species in the Odobenidae family and Odobenus genus. It is subdivided into three subspecies: the Atlantic...
abundance. - 2003: participated in a training exercise with vessels of other nations.
- 2000: Magadan towed a Russian warship to be broken up in India.
- 1999: Magadan led a rescue effort (March 6) to escort vessels carrying supplies to isolated Kamchatka settlements that were dangerousely short of fuel.