Georgiy Sedov (1908 icebreaker)
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For other icebreakers of the same name, see Georgiy Sedov (icebreaker).
The Georgiy Sedov (Russian: Георгий Седов) was a Soviet ice-breaker fitted with steam engines. She was originally the Newfoundland seal fishery support vessel Beothic and was renamed after Russian captain and polar explorer Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov in 1915.
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G. Sedov on a Soviet postage stamp | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Beothic |
Owner | Thetis Steam Ship Co Ltd |
Operator | Job Bros, St John's, Newfoundland |
Port of registry | St John's, Newfoundland |
Builder | D & W Henderson Ltd, Glasgow |
Yard number | 464 |
Launched | 25 December 1908 |
Maiden voyage | 28 January 1909 |
Fate | Sold 1915 |
Soviet Union | |
Name | Georgiy Sedov (Георгий Седов) |
Owner | Soviet Union Government |
Port of registry | Archangelsk |
Acquired | 1915 |
Out of service | 1967 |
Fate | Scrapped in Hamburg by Eckhardt & Co. |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 1383 grt |
Displacement | 3056 tonnes |
Length | 78.6 m (257 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Installed power | 2,360 ihp |
Propulsion | triple expansion steam engine, 2 boilers, 1-screw |
Speed | 12 knots |
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This icebreaker became famous as the first Soviet drifting ice station, the culmination of a decade of high-latitude exploration.