Victor
Chirkov also stated: “At the ‘Admiralteyskiye verphi’
shipyard on April 23 the project 21180 Ilya Muromets diesel-electric
ice-breaker will be laid down for the first time in decades. Its endurance
is about 2 months”.
The ice-breaker will perform supply missions within the Russian Navy
Arctic ship grouping. She is capable to break 80sm wide ice and her
cruising range is about 12000 miles.
Project 21180 ship is a state-of-the-art icebreaker of the new generation
based on the new electric propulsion principles, two 3.5 MW propulsion
units and state-of-the-art power plant.
Major characteristics
of Project 21180: displacement – 6,000 t, length - 84 m, beam
- 20 m, breadth- 10 m, draught - 7 m, crew - 32.
In the future, the Ministry of Defence is going to build a series of
4 icebreakers under the programme on support fleet renovation. |
