Kapitan Nikolaev icebreaker

The 1978-built MS Kapitan Nikolaev ("ледокол Капитан Николаев") is an icebreaker owned and operated by Rosmorport. Rosmorport is a Russian FSUE (Federal State Unitary Enterprise) established in 2012 by order of the Russian Federation's Ministry of Transport.

The vessel (IMO number 7413490, Helsinki Shipyard/hull number 412) is currently Russia-flagged (MMSI 273131400) and homeported in Saint Petersburg.

Kapitan Nikolaev was named in honor of the polar explorer and navigator Nikolai Mikhailovich Nikolaev (1897–1958).

On January 28, 2014, the operator of the North-West Basin Branch regional traffic control system of the Gulf of Finland received a distress call from a fisherman drifting on an ice floe near Lebyazhe village. The icebreaker Kapitan Nikolaev was the closest vessel to the reported coordinates. The St. Petersburg Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre dispatched a helicopter to assist. During the rescue, 5 km/3 mi off the coast, the Nikolaev maintained constant radio contact with the helicopter crew and illuminated the area with her powerful searchlights. The fisherman was successfully rescued and brought safely ashore.

Kapitan Nikolaev icebreaker vessel details

The "Kapitan Sorokin" class of linear diesel-electric icebreakers also includes Kapitan Khlebnikov, Kapitan Dranitsyn, and Kapitan Sorokin.

The vessel is equipped with one dining room, a sauna, an indoor heated swimming pool, an elevator, and a helipad (helideck).

• Max draft: 8.5 m (28 ft)
• Displacement: 14,917 tons
• DWT (deadweight tonnage): 4,836 tons
• Power plant: Wartsila-Sulzer (6 × diesel engines type 9ZL40/48), each rated at 3.04 MW (total 18.24 MW)
• Propulsion: diesel-electric, three shafts (each 5.4 MW; total 16.2 MW)

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