Sevmorput

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sevmorput (russian : Севморпуть) is a nuclear-powered merchant vessel constructed in the Kerch (Ukraine) at Zaliv plant. It was named for "Sevmorput", the home base of the Soviet Union's nuclear fleet dockyard. The name is a shortened form for Severnii Morskoi Put (Northern Sea Passage).

Construction of the vessel was undertaken in 1983, but its launch did not take place until 1988.

It is classified as a Lash-Carrier, hauling lighters and container cargo.

Owned and operated by the Murmansk Shipping Company, Sevmorput serves along the Northeast Passage for which she is equipped with an ice-breaking bow.

As of August 2007 Sevmorput is being converted into the world's first nuclear-powered oil drilling vessel. The conversion is expected to take only 18 months.^[1]

Sevmorput is capable of breaking ice up to 1 meter thick (1.2 meters according to this source).^[2]

1 Specifications
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Specifications

Length : 854 ft (260.3 meters)
Beam : 105.6 ft (32.2 meters)
Draught to summer load mark : 38.7 ft (11.8 meters)
Specific draught (for running in ice) : 35 ft (10.65 meters)
Deadweight at draught up to summer load mark : 33,980 metric tons (37,456.5 short tons)
Deadweight at draught for running in ice : 26,420 metric tons (29,123 short tons)
Displacement in seawater of density 1.025t/m3 at draught up to summer load mark - 11.8 m : 61,880 metric tons (68,211 short tons)
Speed : 20 knots (37 km/h)
Propulsion : 29,420 kW (39,437 electrical horsepower)
Auxiliary units :
- 3 turbogenerators, 1,700 kW each
- 2 spare diesel generators, 600 kW each
- 2 emergency diesel generators, 200 kW each.
- An emergency run boiler with 50t/h steam output at 25kg/cm2 pressure and 360oC steam temperature working on diesel fuel.
Power Plant: one KLT-40 reactor