Akademik_Shuleykin-class_oceanographic_research_vessel

<i>Akademik Shuleykin</i>-class research vessel

Akademik Shuleykin-class research vessel

Finnish-built ice-strengthened ships built for the USSR

The Akademik Shuleykin class are a series of Finnish-built ice-strengthened ships constructed for the USSR. They were originally used for oceanographic research; several have been converted for tourism in Arctic/Antarctic waters, carrying approximately 50 passengers.

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Ships in class

  • Akademik Shuleykin 1982 IMO: 8010324; renamed Polar Pioneer (now converted for tourism);[1]
  • Akademik Shokalskiy, 1982 IMO: 8010336 (1998 converted for tourism)
  • Professor Molchanov, 1982 IMO: 8010348 (converted for tourism)
  • Professor Khromov, 1983 IMO: 8010350; renamed Spirit of Enderby (now converted for tourism)
  • Professor Multanovskiy, 1983 IMO: 8010362 (converted for tourism)
  • Akademik Gamburtsye, 1983 IMO: 8118994; 1997 renamed Fregat; 2003 renamed Nordsyssel (used by the governor of Svalbard); 2014 renamed Polar Surveyor (survey ship for Gardline Marine Sciences); 2020 renamed Nansen Explorer and converted to polar expedition yacht for Nansen Polar Expeditions
  • Arnold Veymer, 1984 IMO 8119027; 1991 renamed Livonia; transferred to Estonia as a patrol and pollution cleanup ship, sold to Sweden and converted again (now HSwMS Trossö)
  • Akademik Golitsyn, 1984 IMO: 8119003 (Академик Голицын)
  • Professor Polshkov, 1984 IMO: 8119015 (scrapped 2013)
  • Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin, 1985 IMO: 8119039

References

  1. [1]
    "Polar Pioneer". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
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