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Evpatiy Kolovrat (icebreaker)
Evpatiy Kolovrat (Russian: Евпатий Коловрат) is a Russian Navy icebreaker. The vessel was built by the Almaz Shipbuilding Company and entered service in July 2024. Development and construction_in_June_2022._Almaz_Shipyard,_St._Petersburg_(2).jpg) The construction of the first Project 21180M icebreaker, estimated to cost between 5 and 6 billion rubles, was awarded to the Saint Petersburg-based Almaz Shipbuilding Company in 2017.[1] The keel of the vessel was laid on 12 December 2018.[3] The hull of Evpatiy Kolovrat, named after the 13th century bogatyr described in The Tale of the Destruction of Ryazan, was launched on 24 November 2020.[2] In August 2022, the unfinished vessel was towed to the Baltic Shipyard for the installation of its mast prior to sea trials in the Gulf of Finland in December.[10][11] Evpatiy Kolovrat was scheduled to join the Russian Navy before the end of 2022,[12] but remained in Saint Petersburg until January 2023 when the vessel departed for her home port in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky under tow by the Russian tugboat Sarmat.[13][14][15] The six-month delivery voyage was completed in mid-July.[16] In late 2023 and early 2024, the vessel was subjected to a number of trials to verify the functionality of the vessel's systems and equipment.[17] The aviation facilities were tested using a Kamov Ka-27PS helicopter from the naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet.[18] The ship was delivered to the Russian Navy on 1 July 2024 and was accepted to service with the Pacific Fleet on 26 July.[19][20][21] DesignThe 4,080-tonne (4,020-long-ton) Evpatiy Kolovrat is 82 metres (269 ft) long overall, has a beam of 19 metres (62 ft), and draws 4.6 metres (15 ft) of water.[7] The icebreaker is served by a crew of 28.[7] Evpatiy Kolovrat features a diesel-electric power plant with two Kolomna 3-10D49 and one 4-10D49 diesel generators, each rated 3.5 megawatts (4,700 hp),[22] that provide electricity for both propulsion motors and auxiliary systems.[23] The icebreaker is propelled by three stainless steel monoblock propellers,[24] two driven by Steerprop azimuth thrusters and the third by a fixed shaft line.[25] In addition, the vessel has a 700 kW (940 hp) bow thruster.[8] Evpatiy Kolovrat is classified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping with ice class Icebreaker6 which requires the vessel's hull to be strengthened for navigation in non-Arctic waters where ice can be up to 1.5 metres (5 ft) thick.[24][26] The vessel can break 1-metre (3.3 ft) with its bow and 0.64 metres (2.1 ft) when operating stern-first.[19] In open water, Evpatiy Kolovrat has a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) and range 7,600 nautical miles (14,100 km; 8,700 mi).[7] References Wikimedia Commons has media related to Evpatiy Kolovrat.
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